From the website of his chambers in Cardiff. 'Robert currently sits on the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Commons Standards Committee and the Commons Privileges Committee. His main interests are justice, home affairs, international affairs, growth and development, education and disability issues. He chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, the All Party Group on the EU and is involved in groups on speech, language and communication disability and Gurkha Welfare to name but a few.
in 2011, Robert was appointed to be Chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, which helps to develop party policy on international human rights issues, holding speaker meetings, evidence sessions and producing reports to Government.'