Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8988
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Wimbledon 1955 general election. MP (Labour) for Leicester North-West 1970-74, for Leicester West 1974-97
Party groups
Chairman, Cambridge University Labour Club 1950;
International Secretary, National Association of Labour Students 1952;
Labour Friends of:
Israel,
India
Political interests
Employment law, industrial relations, Jewish causes, inter community relations, human rights, consumer protection, Commonwealth
Countries of interest
India, Middle East
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Janner of Braunstone, of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire 1997
Register of Interests
6: Sponsorship
The World Jewish Congress, The Commonwealth Jewish Trust (a charity), and the World Jewish Affairs Fund contribute or have contributed towards office, secretarial, staffing and other expenses connected with Jewish communal work; and the World Jewish Affairs Fund contributes to Lord Janner's work in assisting Jewish communities
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Gibraltar, 21-23 March 2012, to receive the Freedom of Gibraltar, as guest of the Gibraltar Government; cost of hotels and all transport including flights paid for by Gibraltar Government
Visit to Israel, 26 June - 1 July 2011, to attend the International Conference of Jewish Parliamentarians in Jerusalem; meetings with Diplomats & Members of Knesset in Jerusalem; flights paid by World Jewish Affairs Fund; accommodation paid by World Jewish Congress
Visit to the United States, 5-10 September 2011, to attend meetings with permanent representatives to the United Nations in New York and Members of Congress in Washington DC; cost of flights and accommodation split between World Jewish Congress and World Jewish Affairs Fund
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Holocaust Educational Trust
President, Commonwealth Jewish Council
Vice President, World Jewish Congress
Joint President, Coexistence Trust
President, Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and Women
Trustee, Elsie and Barnett Janner Charitable Trust
Trustee, Holocaust Educational Trust