Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3842
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Cardiff North 1966-70, for Merthyr Tydfil 13 April 1972 by-election to 1983, for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 1983-2001
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (PUS), Welsh Office 1969-70, 1974-75;
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1975-79:
PUS 1975-76,
Minister of State 1976-79;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1979-80,
Energy 1981-87
Select committees
Member: Foreign Affairs 1987-2001;
Former chair: Quadripartite Committee
Councils, public bodies
Member, Richard Commission 2003-04
Political interests
International energy, constitution
Countries of interest
South Africa, Botswana, former Soviet Eastern Europe
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Rowlands, of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney in the county of Mid Glamorgan 2004
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, More Than Just A Game Limited
Member, Pfizer UK Foundation Board on Health Inequality
Consultant, National Training Federation for Wales
Consultant, Tydfil Training, Merthyr Tydfil
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Trustee, History and Parliament Trust