Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer

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Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer (* 14. April 1903 , † 13. June 1972 ) was a British politician of the Labor Party , a farmer and Life Peeress .

life and career

She was born on April 14, 1903, the daughter of Meyer Lapsker .

Later she worked in agriculture . Beatrice Plummer was a Justice of the Peace for Essex from 1947. Plummer was a member of the Independent Television Authority (ITA) from 1966 to 1971 and the British Agricultural Export Council .

She belonged to the National Farmers Union (NFU). Plummer, along with David Steel and Renee Short, was one of a number of personalities who supported a committee's call for the GDR to be recognized under international law .

Membership in the House of Lords

Plummer was appointed Life Peeress as Baroness Plummer, of Toppesfield in the County of Essex on May 10, 1965 . She was one of the first Jewish life peers . On June 2, 1965, it was officially introduced to the House of Lords . She represented the Labor Party there .

She gave her inaugural address on August 4, 1965 on the Finance (No 2) Bill . In August of the same year she spoke up again. The following year, Plummer spoke to the newspaper industry worker. In 1967 she spoke out on the preservation of historic buildings and on the Consumer Protection Bill [HL] , and in 1968 several times on the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill , as well as on the economic situation and the Transport Bill . In 1969, Plummer commented on various areas of agriculture and the proposed sanctions against Nigeria . In 1970 she wrote to speak about the Commonwealth Development Corporation's investment in Indonesia . In April Plummer spoke on the Agriculture Bill , later in November on public spending and economic policy, and finally in December on Marylebone Station Gates , as well as Britain's relationship with the EC .

She last spoke up there on May 24, 1971, on the rise in food prices. She had spoken there regularly that year too. She didn't do this in the last year of her life.

Family and death

She married Leslie Plummer in 1923 . Beatrice Plummer died on June 13, 1972 at the age of 69.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordained friendship between nations: The work of the GDR friendship society, excerpts from Google Books , accessed on February 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Plummer entry on the Leigh Rayment website , accessed February 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ BARONESS PLUMMER Extract from the minutes of the House of Lords meeting of June 2, 1965.
  4. ↑ FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS Queen's University Belfast publication , accessed February 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ FINANCE (No. 2) BILL Excerpt from the minutes of the House of Lords meeting of August 4, 1965.
personal data
SURNAME Plummer, Beatrice, Baroness Plummer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lapsker, Beatrice (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor Party politician, farmer and life peeress
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1903
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1972