Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6709
harrisa@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Whip 2000-08;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Northern Ireland 2003-10,
Home Office (police) 2005-10;
Deputy Speaker 2008-;
Deputy Chairman of Committees 2008-;
Contested Lord Speaker election 2011
Councils, public bodies
Richmond Town Council (Yorkshire):
Councillor 1978-81, 1991-99,
Mayor 1993-94;
Richmondshire District Council:
Councillor 1979-89,
Chair 1987-88;
North Yorkshire County Council:
Councillor 1981-2001,
Chair 1991-92;
JP 1982-98;
Non-executive director, Northallerton NHS Trust 1989-97;
DL, North Yorkshire 1994-;
Chair, North Yorkshire Police Authority 1994-2001;
Vice-President, National Association of Police Authorities 2006-
International bodies
Member:
British-American Parliamentary Group 1999-,
Inter-Parliamentary Union 2003-,
British/Irish Parliamentary Assembly 2005-
Political interests
Police, Northern Ireland
Countries of interest
Canada, Ireland, Nepal, Qatar
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Harris of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire 1999
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Occasional speaker for House Magazine; Westminster Explained; Understanding ModernGov
Occasional speaker on cruise ships
6: Sponsorship
Some support in connection with her parliamentary work is given to the Member by Mr James Winston, a consultant on policing issues to Thornhill Public Affairs, London N1 9BE, and Director and Event Co-ordinator, Champ (UK) Ltd (a not-for-profit organisation)
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Visit to Belfast, 19–21 April 2011; visit included meetings with Chief Constable, PSNI; Human Rights Consortium, The Children’s Law Centre; Belfast Unemployed Law Centre; New Start Education Centre; European Women’s Platform; Queerspace; Belong; Contact a Family; FPA; Carers (NI); REAL Network (Disability Rights group); Lower Castlereagh Community Group; WAVE Trauma Centre; Nine Towers housing project and NICEM Migrant Centre; accommodation was provided by Lord Rana
Visit to Glasgow, 12 June 2011, to attend Defence Police Federation Conference dinner;cost of flights and accommodation met by Defence Police Federation
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Working Group member, Independent Commission on the Future of Policing
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Industry and Parliament Trust
Trustee, Flint House, Police Rehabilitation Centre