Lord Briggs

Asa Briggs

Asa Briggs

Party

Crossbench

Address as

Lord Briggs

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

Biography

Lords career

On leave of absence June 2012-

Councils, public bodies

Chairman: Committee on Nursing 1970-72, Advisory board, Redundant Churches 1983-88, Commonwealth of Learning Board 1988-93

International bodies

Vice-chair of Council, United Nations University 1974-80; Chair: European Institute of Education and Social Policy, Paris 1976-84, Eurydice Consultative Committee 1996-2002

Political interests

Education, social policy

Countries of interest

France, Portugal, USA

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Briggs, of Lewes in the County of East Sussex 1976

Register of Interests

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration