Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3438
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Liberal) for Orpington 1962-70
Parliamentary career
Liberal Whip 1963-70
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1971;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Race Relations and Immigration 1971-83,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1998-2010:
with special responsibility for Africa 2004-10,
Home Office (civil liberties) 2005-10
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Speaker's Conference on Electoral Law 1963-65,
Royal Commission on Standards of Conduct in Public Life 1975-76;
President, ACERT (Advisory Council on the Education of Romany and other Travellers) 1990-;
Chairman, Department for Education Stakeholder Group on Gypsies, Romanies and Travellers 2009-
Political interests
Human rights, Gypsies, prisons, alcohol harm, asylum and immigration
Countries of interest
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burma, Colombia, East Timor, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
CL Projects Ltd (computer hardware & software; provides management advice to Cook Lubbock & Co, a partnership in which it has a 50% interest)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chartered Engineer (non-practising)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Controlling interest in CL Projects Ltd (computer hardware & software; provides management advice to Cook Lubbock & Co, a partnership in which it has a 50% interest)
5: Land and property
390 acres arable land in Northamptonshire
10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, Kurdish Human Rights Project
President, TAPOL (Indonesian Human Rights)
President, Advisory Council for the Education of Romanies and Travellers (ACERT)
Chairman, Cameroon Campaign Group
Co-chair, Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Silbury Fund
Trustee, Friends of Alola Foundation
Chairman, Maurice Lubbock Memorial Fund