Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe

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Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe

Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (born O'Flynn , born March 12, 1954 ) is a British lawyer , politician ( Conservative Party ) and life peeress .

life and career

She attended Hinchley Wood School , and later Rosebery Grammar School in Epsom , Surrey . She trained as a lawyer at the Inns of Court School of Law and Columbia Law School in New York City . In 1977 she was admitted to the bar by the Inner Temple Bar Association in London . From 1979 to 1980 she worked as a legal advisor ( Legal Advisor ) for the Dairy Trade Federation . She then worked until 1984 as Legal Counsel for Barclays Bank International and Barclays Bank plc ; thereafter she worked until 1987 as "Assistant Secretary" at the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising .

From 1995 to 1999 she was Councilor at South Oxfordshire District Council . In the 1997 general election , she ran unsuccessfully for the constituency of Slough . From 1997 to 1999 she was Vice-Chair of the Conservative Party . From 1997 to 2001 she was president of the Slough Conservative Association .

She was Chief Executive of the Advertising Association from 2007 to 2009 . She initiated a restructuring of the Advertising Association with the aim of creating a high-level think tank that would act as the sole mouthpiece for the advertising industry, representing advertisers, agencies and media owners alike. She tried hard to influence governments and regulators at the highest level, both in Brussels and in the UK. She also worked to create a better public mood about the importance of the advertising industry.

Buscombe was Chairman ( Chairwoman ) of the Press Complaints Commission , in which she entered in April 2009 to 16 October 2011. Following criticism of the administration and in the PCC, particularly in dealing with the wiretapping scandal in the newspaper News of the World , she put down their office.

She is currently (as of June 2012) the director of Veolia Water Central Limited (formerly Three Valleys Water ), a private water company for Hertfordshire and Surrey.

Buscombe is a member of the Fundraising Committee of the Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme (PALS), a charity that helps physically challenged children. She is a member of the Foundation for International and Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Buscombe is the patron ( saint ) of the Institute of Paralegals . In the Inns of Court School of Law Conservative Association is also patron ( saint ).

Membership in the House of Lords

Buscombe was raised to Life Peeress on July 23, 1998 as Baroness Buscombe , of Goring in the County of Oxfordshire . She was introduced to the House of Lords on July 28, 1998. She gave her inaugural address on November 30, 1998.

She lists trade and industry, law and order, and legal affairs as topics of political interest on the official website of the House of Lords.

She was opposition spokesperson ( Opposition Spokesperson ) in different areas: matters of the Law Officers and Lord Chancellor's Department from 1999 to 2005; Law and Legislation ( Legal Affairs ) from 1999 to 2005; Social Security ( Social Security ) Act 1999 by 2001; Trade and Industry ( Trade and Industry ) Act 1999 by 2001; Cabinet Office affairs from 2000 to 2001; Home Office affairs from 2001 to 2002; Culture, Media and Sport ( Culture, Media and Sport ) 2002-2005; Education and Skills ( Education and Skills ) 2005-2007.

Their voting behavior was recorded on the Public Whip website , a parliamentary information project that documents the voting behavior of parliamentarians. She voted moderately against the introduction of identity cards ( ID cards ), against stronger European integration , stricter asylum law and the hunting ban. She voted against equal rights for homosexuals . In the case of laws to stop climate change , she partly voted for and partly against.

Buscombe is regularly present on meeting days.

Family and private

She married Philip John Buscombe in 1980. The marriage resulted in three children, a daughter and two sons (twins). Buscombe supports several voluntary organizations and various charities. Her leisure activities included horse riding and sport shooting .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Forthcoming Marriages," The Times, March 21, 1980
  2. ↑ a b c d e Peta Buscombe Biography (Official Website of the Conservative Party )
  3. ↑ The Tory peer who wants to convince us the PCC has teeth Article in The Independent from November 22, 2009
  4. ↑ Baroness Buscombe: 'I expected this job to be difficult' Article in: The Independent, May 6, 2010
  5. ↑ Leveson inquiry: James Harding, Dominic Mohan, Baroness Buscombe NewsBlog, The Guardian , accessed June 17, 2012
  6. ↑ Phone hacking: PCC chairman Baroness Buscombe to go Article in: The Daily Telegraph of July 29, 2011
  7. ↑ Phone hacking: PCC head Baroness Buscombe stepping down article on BBC News from July 29, 2011
  8. ↑ We are honored to have as our Patron The Baroness Buscombe ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Entry on the Institute of Paralegals website , accessed June 17, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theiop.org
  9. ^ Minutes and Order Paper - Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of July 28, 1998
  10. ↑ Baroness Buscombe Entry on Theyworkforyou website , accessed June 16, 2012
  11. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed June 3, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Buscombe, Peta, Baroness Buscombe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buscombe, Peta Jane, Baroness Buscombe (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1954