Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Energy 1991-92,
Treasury Affairs 1991-92,
National Heritage 1992-97;
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Minister for Farming and the Food Industry) 1997-99
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Sports Council 1965-71,
Commission of Enquiry into Association Football 1966-68,
LSE Court of Governors 1968-97;
Consultant member, Horse Industry Confederation 1999-2003;
British Horseracing Board:
Member,
Committee on VAT 2000-03,
Commission of Enquiry into Stable and Stud Staff 2003-04;
Member, London Arts Board 1992-97;
Vice-President, Comprehensive Schools Association 2000-08;
Chair:
Starting Price Regulatory Board 2003-,
Future Funding of Racing Group 2005-,
Review of Regulation of Greyhound Racing 2007-08
Political interests
Arts, finance, sport
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Donoughue, of Ashton in the County of Northamptonshire 1985
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Starting Price Regulatory Commission
4: Shareholdings (b)
British American Tobacco plc
Premier Oil plc
National Grid plc
Scottish & Southern Energy plc
Nichols plc (soft drinks)
Canadian Western Bank NPV
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Gift of a Christmas hamper, December 2011, from Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Dorneywood
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Animals in War
Trustee, Victoria County Histories