Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3590
Fax: 020 7219 3981
dubsa@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Cities of London and Westminster 1970 and Hertfordshire South February and October 1974 general elections. MP (Labour) for Battersea South 1979-83, for Battersea 1983-87. Contested Battersea 1987 and 1992 general elections
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for Home Affairs 1983-87
Lords career
Opposition Whip 1995-97;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
The Environment (Health and Safety) 1996-97,
Energy 1996-97;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Minister for Environment and Agriculture) 1997-99;
Chair Labour Party in Lords 2000-05
Party groups
Member, Co-operative Party
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Westminster City Council 1971-78;
Chair, Westminster Community Relations Council 1972-77;
Member, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Area Health Authority 1975-78;
Broadcasting Standards Council:
Member 1988-94,
Deputy Chairman 1994-97;
Non-executive director, Pathfinder NHS Trust 1995-97
International bodies
Member:
Executive Committee, British Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
UK Delegation, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly
Political interests
Civil liberties, penal reform, race relations, immigration, health service, Ireland, human rights
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Dubs, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth 1994
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Code Panel, Association of Energy Suppliers
7: Overseas visits
Visit to the West Bank, 6-10 April 2011, as a member of a delegation from the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, organised by Council for Arab-British Understanding and funded by Sir Joseph Hotung Programme, which paid for travel fares, hotel accommodation and other expenses
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Elected Member, Executive Committee, Fabian Society
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Road Safety Foundation (UK-registered charity)
Chair, Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (UK-registered charity)