Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979
lindsayj@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1989;
Government Whip 1995;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1995-97;
Opposition Spokesperson for Green Issues June-October 1997;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Board member, Cairngorms Partnership 1998-2003;
Member:
Secretary of State's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development 1998-99,
UK Round Table on Sustainable Development 1998-99;
Chair:
United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2002-;
Better Regulation Commission:
Member 2006-,
Deputy chair 2007-08;
DL, Fife 2007-;
Member:
Advisory board, Business and a Sustainable Environment 2007-,
Commission on Scottish Devolution 2008-09,
Risk and Regulation Advisory Council 2008-10
International bodies
Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on Environment:
Member 1993-95,
Vice-chair 1994-95
Political interests
Environment, agriculture, rural affairs, energy, food industry, Scotland, regulation, accreditation, standards
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
Non-executive Director, Scottish Resources Group Ltd
Non-executive Director, British Polythene Industries plc (BPI)
Chairman, SAC Ltd (Scottish Agricultural College)
Chairman, Greenfield Holdings Ltd (renewable energy)
Director & Chairman, Clinical Pathology Accreditation UK Ltd (subsidiary of United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS))
Chairman & Director, SAC Commercial Ltd (subsidiary of SAC Ltd)
Chairman & Director, SAC Corporate Trustee Ltd (subsidiary of SAC Ltd)
Chairman & Director, SAC Consulting Ltd (subsidiary of SAC Ltd)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, British Polythene Pension Scheme Trustees
Associate Director, National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC)
Farmer, landowner and property owner with rental income from cottages, holiday lets etc
Landowner
Property owner, cottage rentals, holiday lets etc.
5: Land and property
Farmland in Fife including residential property
Wilderness (approximately 100 acres) on West Coast of Scotland including residential property
Flat in Edinburgh
9: Miscellaneous financial interests
Chairman, Moorland Forum, from which a small sum is received quarterly
Member, Advisory Board, BASE, Business And Sustainable Environment
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director/Trustee, Leven Valley Development Trust
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Friends of the Capercaillie
President, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Vice President, RSPB
Vice President, International Tree Foundation
Vice President, Royal Smithfield Club