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The first election for Lord Speaker was held on 28 June 2006 and announced on 6 July 2006, after the House of Lords had determined the name, powers and responsibilities of the office following removal of the speakership from Lord Chancellor by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
In December 2008 he was appointed deputy speaker of the Lords; in October 2009 he was appointed to the Privy Council.