Profile

Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 June 2010

Previously MP for Suffolk Coastal until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

Entered the House of Commons on 18 June 1970 — General election

Also represented Suffolk Coastal; Eye; Lewisham West

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Home Department
• Health
• Deputy Prime Minister
• Transport
• Ministerial Engagements
• Visas
• Flood Prevention
• Coastal Erosion
• Student Visas

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (31 Jan 2002 to 5 May 2005)
• Secretary of State for Environment (27 May 1993 to 1 May 1997)
• Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (24 Jul 1989 to 26 May 1993)
• Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government) (25 Jul 1988 to 24 Jul 1989)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) ( 2 Sep 1985 to 26 Jul 1988)
• Paymaster General (HM Treasury) (11 Sep 1984 to 1 Sep 1985)
• Minister of State (Department of Employment) (18 Oct 1983 to 11 Sep 1984)
• Party Chair, Conservative Party (11 Jun 1983 to 2 Sep 1985)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment) ( 6 Jan 1983 to 18 Oct 1983)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 1 Oct 1981 to 6 Jan 1983)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) ( 9 Jan 1981 to 30 Sep 1981)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party ( 1 Jul 1972 to 1 Jul 1974)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Climate Change Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Hunting Bill Committee (19 out of 31)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Hunting Bill Committee (9 out of 16)

Recent appearances

• UK-EU Summit - Statement 21 May 2025

  My Lords—

• UK-EU Summit - Statement 21 May 2025

  Will the noble Baroness accept that this has been widely supported throughout the country, and right across parties, because it shows that this Government have at least lived in the world we live in, and not in some past world? We now go forward to work more closely with our biggest and most important market and our closest neighbour. Will she accept those congratulations and our hope that we...

• Sanctions Implementation and Enforcement - Statement 15 May 2025

  I wonder whether I could refer to yesterday’s implementation of the additional sanction arrangements on letting agents and the like. This is very welcome, because there is no doubt that there has been a very considerable use of housing and the like as a means of establishing funds in this country by people who should not be doing that. I am concerned about whether the Government can do more...

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