Toby Harris, Baron Harris of Haringey
Jonathan Toby Harris, Baron Harris of Haringey (born October 11, 1953 ) is a British politician and life peer in the House of Lords for the Labor Party .
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He attended Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School and Trinity College , Cambridge, and became President of the Cambridge Union Society . In Cambridge he was a member of the Cambridge University Liberal Club .
He was a councilor and head of Haringey Borough Council and chairman of the Association of London Government . He was promoted to Life Peer in 1988 as Baron Harris of Haringey , of Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey. He was a Haringey city councilor for 24 years and retired in 2002, two years after being elected to the London Assembly for Brent and Harrow in 2000 .
As head of Haringey Council, his job was to deal with a multi-million pound increase in the cost of the restoration of Alexandra Palace , led by Bernie Grant , the trust of which the council is running on behalf of the people of London. In 1991 he did not accept the decision of the Attorney-General that the politically embarrassing additional expenses were illegal and therefore could not be charged to the foundation. Instead, he argued that the Foundation owed the Council £ 30 million including compound interest, and tried to sell the entire palace, an approach his successors still pursue despite the High Court banning it in 2007.
One of the criticisms during his tenure was the high spending he approved of his counterparts. Over the course of a year, Cllr Harris spent over £ 24,000 including over £ 15,000 on taxi rides. The auditor admitted that this was not incorrect, but criticized the fact that the system in place meant that senior executives were never billed for minor expenses and thus never checked what was billed to the council.
He was the leader of the Labor Group in the London Assembly until he lost his seat in the 2004 election. He was the first Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority from 2000 to 2004 at a time when Police Community Support Officers and Neighborhood Aid were introduced. He now represents the Home Secretary in the Metropolitan Police Authority , overseeing its work on terrorism and security.
He advises KPMG and Transport for London and other public and private organizations. He is chairman of Freedom, a UK charity that educates people about forced marriages and violence based on misunderstood terms of honor. He was director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales from 1987 to 1998 . He is Chairman of the bipartisan Parliamentary Group on Policing and Treasurer of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee . He is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee , which deals with personal internet security. At the House of Lords, he specializes in law enforcement, local government, and technology and health issues.
Web links
- Former Members of London Assembly - Toby Harris
- Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, October 26, 1998
- Freedom Charity.
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| SURNAME | Harris, Toby, Baron Harris of Haringey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, Jonathan Toby, Baron Harris of Haringey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and life peer in the House of Lords for the Labor Party |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1953 |