William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon

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William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon (* 2. March 1924 , † 26. May 2018 ), known as Will Howie, was a British politician of the Labor Party . He was a member of the House of Commons from 1963 to 1970 and had been a member ( Life Peer ) of the House of Lords since 1978 .

Life

Howie studied at Glasgow Technical College and has worked as a civil engineer, journalist and publisher.

From 1976 to 1995, Howie Director of International Relations of Thos Telford Ltd . From 1977 to 1979 he was a member of the Committee of Inquiry into Engineering Profession and was a member of the Societé des Ingenieurs et Scientifiques de France in France .

Howie was a consultant (Consultant) of George S Hall Ltd and the Highways Magazine and Chairman (Chairman) of the Parliamentary Perceptions Ltd and Vice President (Vice-President) of the Periodical Publishers Association .

Membership in the House of Commons

In the general election in 1959 , he failed in the constituency " Cities of London and Westminster ". 1963 Howie was at a by-election in the constituency of Luton in the House of Commons , elected after the Conservative MP Charles Hill Chairman (Chairman) of the Independent Television Authority was. He gave his inaugural speech on November 9, 1963. In the following years he spoke on the subjects of taxes, Algeria and Iraq , passports and Cambodia, among other things .

In the 1964 general election , he was re-elected with a majority of just 723 votes. From 1964 to 1966 he was Assistant Whip , from 1966 to 1967 Lord Commissioner at the Treasury and from 1967 to 1968 Comptroller of HM Household . At the Parliamentary Labor Party (PLP) he was from 1968 to 1970 vice chairman (Vice-Chairman).

In the 1966 election he held the seat with a majority that rose to 2,464 votes, but was defeated by the Conservative Charles Simeons in the 1970 general election .

Membership in the House of Lords

Howie was named a Life Peer as Baron Howie of Troon, of Troon in the District of Kyle and Carrick on April 21, 1978 . The official introduction to the House of Lords took place on May 3, 1978 with the assistance of John Smith, Baron Kirkhill and Fred Peart, Baron Peart . He gave his inaugural address on May 17, 1978. The subjects of political interest on the House of Lords website were the construction industry , professional engineers and higher education .

In the late 1970s he spoke about the Scotland Bill, the Scotland Act 1978 and regional industrial policy, among other things . When he came to speak in the 1980s, he spoke about industry, police equipment, production and sales problems with books, and Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 . In the 1990s he spoke out on issues such as traffic in London , unemployment, summer time , fire safety measures and Iraq . In the 2000s, he made speeches on fire safety, charity registration, reform of the House of Lords, and the House of Lords' role as the Supreme Court at the time.

He was treasurer of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment, which was founded in 2010. He was a member of the All Party Urban Development Group . As part of his membership in the Science and Technology Committee , he held discussions with scientists about influenza . As part of this, he took part in a trip to Australia. Howie is also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Archeology Group . Howie belonged to several other All Party Groups .

On July 17, 2007, it was revealed that Howie had provided the chairman of the lobbying group Westminster Advisers with a Parliament security badge.

Howie was regularly present on meeting days despite his old age (well over 80 years).

Honors

Howie was a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Building Engineers and the Institute of Sanitary Engineers .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Death of a Member: Lord Howie of Troon - Hansard Online. In: parliament.uk. June 4, 2018, accessed June 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ UK General Election Results 1970 - election results at politicsresources.net, accessed on August 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Howie of Troon - Entry on Leigh Rayment website , accessed August 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Lord Howie of Troon - Excerpt from the minutes of the House of Lords meeting of May 3, 1978.
  5. ^ All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment - Publication of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment, accessed August 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Officers & Members ( Memento of October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - Entry on the All Party Urban Development Group website , accessed on August 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ Pandemic Influenza: 4th Report of Session 2005-06; Report with Evidence - Excerpts from Google Books, accessed August 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ Select Committee on Science and Technology Eighth Report - Report on the House of Lords website , accessed August 6, 2012.
  9. ^ Register of All-Party Groups [as of July 27, 2012] ( Memento of November 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - Published on the House of Lords website , accessed on August 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ Lord Howie of Troon ( Memento from February 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) - Entry at All Party Groups, accessed on August 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ Allowances and expenses claims 2014/15 - Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed August 6, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Howie, William, Baron Howie of Troon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howie, Will
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1924
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2018