David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall
David Edward Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall (born November 2, 1937 in England ) is a British trade unionist, Labor Party politician and member of the House of Lords since 1999 .
Life
David Lea attended Farnham Grammar School , in Farnham , Surrey, and later Christ's College , Cambridge , where he studied economics .
In 1964 he joined the Trades Union Congress (TUC), a trade union umbrella organization in the United Kingdom , became head of the Economic Department and in 1978 he was the union's deputy general secretary, a position he held until 1999.
During this time he was active in 1974 for the Department of Trade and Industry in investment matters in Japan , from 1974 to 1975 a member of the Channel Tunnel Advisory Committee , from 1975 to 1977 member of the Bullock Committee on Industrial Democracy , from 1975 Until 1977 member of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , from 1977 to 1979 member of the Delors Commission on Economic and Social Concepts in the Community (Delors Commission for Economic and Social Concepts in the European Community) and in the same years member of the Energy Commission (Commission for energy issues).
He was involved in the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations from 1977 to 1982 and from 1978 to 1982 on the NEDC Committee on Finance for Industry . From 1982 to 1999 he was a member of the Franco-British Council (FBC) (Council for Franco-British Understanding). He was head of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research , and from 1985 to 1999 he was a member of the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee .
He sat on the Kreisky Commission on Employment Issues in Europe from 1987 to 1989, was part of the Tripartite Mission EU in Japan in 1990 and was part of the UK delegation to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 . Since 1992 he has been a member of the European Social Dialogue Joint Steering Committee (steering committee for social issues in Europe).
He was involved in the Round Table on Sustainable Development from 1995 to 1999, was a member of the Advisory Committee on Vehicle Emissions from 1998 to 1999 and in the same years of the EU High Level Group on Benchmarking and the Treasury Advisory Committee on EU (expert committee on financial issues of the EU).
On July 21, 1999 he was promoted to Baron Lea of Crondall , of Crondall in the County of Hampshire, and received a seat in the House of Lords for life .
In 2000 he was elected to the Central Arbitration Committee (Central Commission for Arbitration Tribunals) and was a member of it until 2010. From 2000 to 2005 he was Council Member, Britain in Europe . In 2007 and 2008 he participated as an election observer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Nepal in international projects beyond the EU borders.
Web links
- Lord Lea of Crondall - David Lea - Labor Party . Parliament of United Kingdom,accessed November 2, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ^ David Lea (peer) - Labor Party . Westminster Parliamentary Research , archived from the original on January 31, 2013 ; accessed on November 2, 2012 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Trades Union Congress - Verbatim report of Congress 1999 - Votes of Thanks - The President . Trades Union Congress , archived from the original on December 24, 2012 ; accessed on October 13, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Lord Lea of Crondall - David Lea - Labor Party . Parliament of United Kingdom , accessed November 2, 2012 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lea, David, Baron Lea of Crondall |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lea, David Edward, Baron Lea of Crondall (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British trade unionist, Labor Party politician and member of the House of Lords |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |