Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison

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Lyndon Henry Arthur Harrison, Baron Harrison (* 28. September 1947 ) is a British politician of the Labor Party and Life Peer .

life and career

Harrison was born on September 28, 1947. He attended Oxford School and the University of Warwick , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts , then the University of Sussex and the University of Keele . He completed the last two with a Master of Arts .

From 1981 to 1990 he was Councilor of Cheshire County Council . At the North West Tourist Board he was Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Chair ) from 1986 to 1989. From 1990 to 1997 he was Vice President of the Association of County Councils .

Harrison is currently President of Chester and District Parkinson's Disease Society , Vice President of the Cheshire Landscape Trust and Wirral Investment Network . He is also a member of the Trustee of the Genesis Initiative of the Business Senate for Enterprise .

Membership in the European Parliament

He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 . There he represented the constituency of Cheshire West .

Membership in the House of Lords

Harrison was named Life Peer as Baron Harrison, of Chester in the County of Cheshire on July 28, 1999 . Its official introduction to the House of Lords took place on October 26, 1999 with the assistance of Stanley Clinton Davis and Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley . He gave his inaugural address on November 23, 1999.

He names small businesses, tourism, monetary union, children and the EU as topics of political interest . As states of interest he names the Commonwealth of Nations , the members of the EU and candidate countries, as well as the USA .

He speaks regularly in the House of Lords. From 1999 to 2001 he was Departmental Liaison Peer for Northern Ireland . As a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Armenia , he attended a visit to Armenia in April 2011 . In September 2011 he traveled to Vietnam in this capacity . Schreiber visited Cyprus in December 2011 .

He is also a member of the Parliamentary Humanist Group . He has been a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union since 1999 and of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since 2007 .

In July 2001, he and his wife were among the signatories of a letter calling on the government to reconsider support for the expansion of religious schools.

  • Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 130 days
  • Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 156 days
  • Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 160 days
  • Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 149 days
  • Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 130 days
  • Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 138 days
  • Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 141 days
  • Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 127 days
  • Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 129 days
  • Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 25 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 17 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 48 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 45 + 1 days
  • April 2011: 7 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 15 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 17 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 13 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 1 day (of 1)
  • September 2011: 8 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 14 + 5 days (from 18)
  • November 2011: 18 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 13 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 14 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 13 +1 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 14 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 5 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 13 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 13 days (out of 13)

Harrison is regularly present on meeting days.

family

Harrison is married.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Lord Harrison Entry in the British Liberal Association , accessed February 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Lord Harrison Excerpt from the minutes of the House of Lords meeting of October 26, 1999
  3. ^ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website ; Retrieved November 29, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Harrison, Lyndon, Baron Harrison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrison, Lyndon Henry Arthur, Baron Harrison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Politician (Labor) and Life Peer
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1947