Jack Cunningham (politician)

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John Anderson "Jack" Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling (born August 4, 1939 in Durham ) is a British Labor Party politician .

Life

Cunningham studied chemistry at the College of St Hild and St Bede at the University of Durham . In 1962 he graduated with a bachelor's degree , and in 1967 he received his PhD . He stayed at the university until 1968 and was also active in trade union work. He has been married since 1964 and has a son and two daughters with his wife Maureen Appleby. He lives with his wife near Stocksfield , Northumberland .

politics

Cunningham was a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Whitehaven from 1970 to 1983 . From 1983 to 2005 he sat for the successor constituency of Copeland in the lower house. From 1976 to 1979 he was parliamentary undersecretary for energy and from 1979 to 1983 industrial policy spokesman for the opposition. He then held several shadow positions in the opposition Labor Party: 1983 to 1989 shadow minister for the environment, from 1989 to 1992 shadow leader of the House of Commons, from 1992 to 1994 shadow foreign minister, 1994-1995 shadow minister for trade and industry, 1995 to 1997 Shadow Minister National Heritage.

After the Labor Party's victory in the 1997 general election , he was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from May 3, 1997 to July 27, 1998. From July 27, 1998 to October 11, 1999, he was Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . On the occasion of his departure from the House of Commons in 2005, he was promoted to life peer as Baron Cunningham of Felling , of Felling in the County of Tyne and Wear, and thereby became a member of the House of Lords .

On June 2, 2013, the Sunday Times published an article in which she accused Lord Cunningham, Lord Laird and Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate of being involved in the so-called Cash for Access Affair. The Sunday Times accuses him of offering undercover reporters to hold a paid reception at the House of Lords and to arrange contacts with other members of the House of Lords. At the same time it is from the Daily Telegraph accused of having consented to the payment of 12,000 £ to make per month pointed questions in Parliament and to establish contacts with politicians, as well as used for the payment of £ 2000 per month for a company from Fiji in Parliament should act with questions. Lord Laird denied to the BBC that he broke the rules of parliament or that he agreed to accept money for specific parliamentary work.

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Individual evidence

  1. Three peers 'offered to lobby for fake firm' BBC News June 2, 2013, accessed June 2, 2013