Affiliation
House: Lords
Constituency: Life peer
Status: Current member
Labour (Life Peer)
Affiliation
House: Lords
Constituency: Life peer
Status: Current member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-10-14
Activity total: 9
Contributions: 9
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
No current post data is attached to this profile.
Recent Votes
Recent recorded divisions
Armed Forces Bill
Lords - 2026-10-20T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-07T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lords - 2026-09-07T00:00:00+00:00
Business of the House motion on Arrangement of the Order Paper 22 July
Lords - 2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00
Recent Participation
Recent speeches in the feed
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2026-04-28Moved by That this House do not insist on its Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123, in respect of which the Commons have insisted on their disagreement, and do agree…
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2026-04-28That this House do not insist on its Amendments 36, 90 and 155, in respect of which the Commons have insisted on their disagreement, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendme…
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2026-04-28I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Scott. This Government’s objective remains clear: to ensure that every part of England can benefit from…
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2026-04-28My Lords, in moving Motion A, I will speak also to Motions B and C. What a privilege it is at the end of this Session of Parliament to bring back the English Devolution and Commun…
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-15That is a good place for the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, to finish and a good place for me to start, because a central mission of the Government is to deliver the biggest increase…
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-15No text is available for this item yet.
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-15My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for the amendments on data, digital systems and technology within the social housing framework. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and the…
Local Government Reorganisation
2026-09-07To answer the last question first, we have already made a significant financial commitment to make sure that this programme works properly. A great deal of attention was paid to t…
Local Government Reorganisation
2026-09-07For elections that take place next year, if the programme works through as we anticipate it will, the shadow elections will be in 2028.
Local Government Reorganisation
2026-09-07I thank my noble friend. I do not think it is helpful for me to comment on individual areas. However, he is right to point to the focus on growth. There were three main focuses th…
Local Government Reorganisation
2026-09-07I hope I have already made clear that I do not think any of the money that has been spent is wasted. The work will go ahead on local government reorganisation and on devolution. W…
Local Government Reorganisation
2026-09-07It is possible to have both a rapid and full review. It means doing the work carefully but as quickly as possible. To create the level of certainty everybody wants to see across l…