Lord Kirkham (original) (raw)
Profile
Conservative Peer
Entered the House of Lords in 1999
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Leader's Group on Governance Committee (23 Mar 2015 to 14 Jan 2016)
- Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 7 May 2005)
- Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 7 May 2005)
Recent appearances
King’s Speech - Debate (5th Day) (Continued) 23 Jul 2024
My Lords, I approach today’s debate from an unusual and perhaps even unique perspective: as a life Peer of working-class origins who has been sitting on the Conservative Benches since 23 July 1999, precisely 25 years ago today; an entrepreneur who has enjoyed modest success in the now highly fashionable field of wealth creation; and a lifelong resident of South Yorkshire, to which the...
Few subjects arouse stronger passions than the food that we consume. This should be no surprise given the well-attested evidence that we really are what we eat. In my home town of Doncaster—now, happily my home city—more than a decade ago, as some noble Lords may recall, a group of parents attained notoriety by defying Jamie Oliver’s well-intentioned efforts to improve the nutritional...
Queen’s Speech - Debate (5th Day) 17 May 2022
My Lords, it is a great privilege to participate in this debate on the gracious Speech. As a working-class child growing up in the north of England, I never maximised my grammar school education and have devoted much of the last 35 years to levelling-up efforts on behalf of the younger generation. I have specifically helped the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Outward Bound in their work to...
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