Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott
Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott (born March 20, 1959 in Newton Abbot , Devon ) is a Labor Party politician who was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999 and a member of the House of Lords since 2004 , where he has been since 2009 Belonged to a non- party. When he was suspended from his membership from May to November 2009, it was one of the first suspensions of a member of the House of Lords since the 17th century .
Life
University degree, local politician and MEP
After schooling Truscott began a study of Historical Sciences at Exeter College of the University of Oxford , which he in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in of modern finished story. He completed a subsequent postgraduate degree in 1985 with a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) and then worked as a political organizer in the Labor Party headquarters until 1989.
He began his political career in local politics in 1988 when he was elected to the council of the Borough of Colchester , of which he was a member until 1992. In the general election on April 9, 1992 Truscott ran unsuccessfully for the Labor Party in the constituency of Torbay for a member of the House of Commons .
In the European elections in 1994 he was elected a member of the 4th European Parliament and was a member of it until 1999. During this time he was an election observer for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 1995, 1996, 1999 and later in 2003, and between 1997 and 1999 he was a member of the Subcommittee on Home and Foreign Policy of the National Executive Committee of the Labor Party.
House of Lords member, Cash for Influence affair and temporary suspension as a House of Lords member
On June 10, 2004, Truscott was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Truscott , of St James's in the City of Westminster, and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since .
During this time he was first liaison member of the House of Lords to the Ministry of Defense between 2005 and 2006 and then from November 2006 to June 2007 Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he was responsible for energy. Most recently, from June to November 2007, he was Parliamentary Director ( Whip ) of the government group in the House of Lords with the title of Lord in Waiting to HM Household .
Lord Truscott was convicted of involvement in the Cash for Influence affair in the House of Lords at the end of January 2009 .
He and the members of the House of Lords Lord Snape , Lord Moonie and Lord Taylor of Blackburn were accused of supporting bills or legislative amendments in return for financial consideration. He confirmed to journalists that companies paid him between £ 25,000 and £ 100,000 annually. He was also charged with using £ 28,000 in taxpayers' money annually to fund his £ 700,000 primary residence in Mayfair . In addition, it was found that he owns other properties, including in Russia , his wife's homeland. Subsequently, he and Lord Taylor of Blackburn were suspended from membership in the House of Lords from May to November 2009, which was the first suspension of Lords since the 17th century.
Since he left the Labor Party in May 2009, he has been a non-party member of the House of Lords.
Publications
- Russia First: Breaking with the West (1997)
- European Defense (2000)
- Kursk: Russia's Lost Pride (2002)
- Putin's Progress (2004)
- The Ascendancy of Political Risk Management and its Implications for Global Security and Business (2006)
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on 6 July 2012)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed July 6, 2012)
- Entry on Peter Truscott in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
- Peter Truscott at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peer at center of 'cash for legislation' inquiry removed from credit check firm's payroll. 37 changes as Lords rush to update interests register. Taylor second peer to lose consultancy this week . In: The Guardian, January 30, 2009
- ^ Profiles: Peers in cash row . In: BBC News of January 29, 2009
- ^ Revealed: The secret Soviet past of sleaze peer Truscott . In: Daily Mail of February 1, 2009
- ^ Lords vote to suspend two peers . In: BBC News of May 21, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Truscott, Peter, Baron Truscott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Truscott, Peter, Baron Truscott (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newton Abbot , Devon |