Baroness Platt of Writtle

Contact details

Westminster

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

Biography

Lords career

On leave of absence October 2010-

Party groups

Member, Association of Conservative Peers

Councils, public bodies

Councillor, Chelmsford RDC 1958-73; Essex County Council 1965-86: Alderman 1969-74, Council Vice-chair 1980-83; DL, County of Essex 1983; Hon. Alderman 2005

International bodies

Member: European Communities Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 1983-88; UK Delegation to Nairobi for UN Decade for Women World Conference 1985

Political interests

Education, women's opportunities in engineering, local government

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Platt of Writtle, of Writtle in the County of Essex 1981

Register of Interests

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration