Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough

Phil Willis (2009)

George Philip "Phil" Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough (born November 30, 1941 ) is a former British teacher and politician of the Liberal Democrats , who was a member of the House of Commons for several years and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2010 .

Life

Studies and professional career

After attending the Grammar School in Burnley , Willis began studying at the City of Leeds and Carnegie College, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University , where he received a Certificate in Education in 1963 . He then was a teacher at Middleton County Secondary Boys 'School between 1963 and 1965 and then head of the history department at Moor Grange County Secondary Boys' School until 1967 , before becoming a senior teacher ( Senior Master ) at Primrose between 1967 and 1974 Hill High School worked.

During a subsequent use as a vice-principal ( Deputy Head ) at West Leeds Boys' Grammar School from 1974 to 1978 graduated Willis a postgraduate studies of pedagogy at the University of Birmingham ended and this in 1978 with a Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.Education ).

He then pulled from Leeds to the region Teesside , where he 1978-1982 school principals ( Headteacher of) Ormesby School in Cleveland was. He then returned to Leeds and was headmaster of the John Smeaton Community High School in Pendas Fields from 1983 to 1997 .

Political career

Local politician and member of the House of Commons

In the late 1980s, Willis began his political career in local politics when he was elected to the Council of the Borough of Harrogate for the Liberal Democrats in 1988 and was a member until 1999. During this time he was chairman of this council from 1990 to 1997.

He was also a member of the North Yorkshire County Council from 1993 to 1997 and was also vice-chairman of that council.

In the general election of May 1, 1997 Willis was elected to the House of Commons and represented in this until the general election on May 6, 2010 the constituency of Harrogate and Knaresborough .

During his long term membership in the House of Commons , he was the spokesman for the liberal democratic group in the House of Commons for further and higher education as well as adult education between 1997 and 1999 , before becoming “shadow minister” for education and employment between 1999 and 2001 and then from 2001 to 2005 for Education and ability in his party's shadow cabinet .

Thereafter, Willis, who was a member of the House of Commons Committee on Education and Employment from 1999 to 2000, chaired the House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology from 2005 to 2007 and the House of Commons Committee on Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills from 2007 to 2010. During this time, Wills also chaired the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryo Bill in 2007 .

House of Lords

After leaving the House of Commons, Willis was raised to the British nobility on June 18, 2010 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Willis of Knaresborough , of Harrogate in the County of North Yorkshire . 7 July 2010 then followed his introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords . Since then, he has been a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.

In addition, Lord Willis has served as chairman of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) and the Association of Colleges Charitable Trust since 2010 . Furthermore, he has been a member of the advisory board of the National Environmental Research Council ( Natural Environment Research Council ) and the Foundation for Science and Technology ( Foundation for Science and Technology ) since 2011 and is also chairman of the e-Learning Foundation .

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage
• Phil Willis at Hansard (English)
• Entry in They Work For You (accessed July 12, 2012)
• Biography in Debrett’s (accessed on July 12, 2012)
• w.htm Cracroft's Peerage