Parry Mitchell, Baron Mitchell

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Parry Mitchell, Baron Mitchell

Parry Andrew Mitchell, Mitchell Baron (* 6. May 1943 ) is a British businessman , politician of the Labor Party and Life Peer .

life and career

Mitchell was born on May 6, 1943 to Leon Mitchell. He attended London University and the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University , which he with a MBA graduated.

As an entrepreneur, he worked in the field of information technology. He was involved in the establishment of three companies that became market leaders at home and abroad.

From 1976 to 1987 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of the United Leasing plc . From 1992 to 2006 he was chairman of Syscap plc . He started there with 5 employees, and now there are almost 200 employees. He has been with the elearning Foundation and Weizmann UK since 2006 .

He is currently (September 2012) also Chairman ( Chair ) and member of the Trustee ( Trustee ) of the Coexistence Trust since 2008. He is a member of the Trustee Board of the Genesis Research Trust and the Lowy Mitchell Foundation .

Mitchell is patron ( saint ) of Jewish Care and World Jewish Relief .

Membership in the House of Lords

Mitchell was born on 10 May 2000 concerning life peer as Baron Mitchell, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden appointed and his official introduction to the House of Lords took place on 24 May 2000 with the support of Margaret Jay and Michael Levy, Baron Levy .

He gave his inaugural address on December 7, 2000 at the Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech . Shortly before, both his father Leon and his in-laws, Professor Jack Lowy and Ruth Lowy, had died.

He lists information technology, small business, external affairs, education and alcohol abuse as topics of political interest on the House of Lords website. He mentions Israel and the USA as states of interest .

He spoke out in the following years on the topics of child abuse, Afghanistan , the Middle East, Victor Bout and alcohol abuse.

Since 2012 he has been the opposition spokesman for business, innovation and skills.

  • Session period April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 81 days
  • Session period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 116 days
  • Session period April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 114 days
  • Session period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 96 days
  • Session period April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 70 days
  • Session period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 88 days
  • Session period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008: 83 days
  • Session period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009: 78 days
  • Session period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010: 75 days
  • Session period April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010: 12 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 0 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 17 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 26 days
  • April 2011: 2 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 7 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 10 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 1 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 0 days (out of 1)
  • September 2011: 7 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 11 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 10 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 8 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 6 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 4 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 14 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 3 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 4 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 6 days (out of 13)
  • July 2012: 4 days (out of 16)

His presence on meeting days has been in the middle of the meetings since 2001.

family

Mitchell is married to Lady Hannah Lowy Mitchell. They hold a meal annually at the House of Lords in honor of Women for Women International .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Lord Mitchell Entry on the Wiki Open Rights Group website , accessed December 13, 2012
  2. The new intake - no2 article of the Guardian of March 31, 2010
  3. ^ Minutes and Order Paper - Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of May 24, 2000
  4. Lord Mitchell Profile on the House of Lords website , accessed December 13, 2012
  5. House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed December 13, 2012
  6. Lady-Hannah-Lowy-Mitchell  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Entry on womenforwomen's website , accessed December 13, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.womenforwomen.org.uk