Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3000
morrise@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Birmingham Yardley 1992-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Whip 1994-95;
Opposition Spokesperson for Education and Employment 1995-97;
Department for Education and Employment/Skills 1997-2002:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1997-98,
Minister of State 1998-2001;
Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2001-02;
Minister of State (Minister for the Arts), Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2003-05
Councils, public bodies
Warwick District Council:
Councillor 1979-91,
Leader, Labour Group 1982-89
Political interests
Education and training, political engagement, arts
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Morris of Yardley, of Yardley in the County of West Midlands 2005
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Performing Rights Society
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 8 March 2012, at a conference of Lewisham deputy head teachers, held in Uckbridge
Speaking engagement, 15 March 2012, at a conference of Darlington head teachers, organised by Darlington Local Authority, in Darlington
Speaking engagement, 23 March 2012, at a conference of Bristol head teachers held in Chepstow
Chair of Strategy Board, Institute of Effective Education, University of York
Chair, Northern Education
I write a monthly column for Guardian Education
Speaking engagement, 21 June 2012; contribution to Head Teachers conference organised by Durham Local Authority
Speaking engagement, 20 September 2012; fee for contribution to Education Conference held in Birmingham, organised by drb Ignite Limited (school improvement company)
Speaking engagement, 13 October 2012; speech in Devon at a conference of Devon Primary Heads organised by North Devon Primary Heads Association
The following speaking engagements were undertaken at a series of Breakfast Seminars for School Leaders organised by Hays Consulting; no single engagement exceeds the registration threshold but two and more such engagements do so: 16 May 2012, Breakfast Seminar for Midlands school leaders, Birmingham; 16 October 2012, Breakfast seminar for North West school leaders, Manchester; 20 November 2012, Breakfast Seminar with school leaders, Reading; 22 January 2013, Seminar for head teachers in London; 6 February 2013, Seminar with school leaders in Brighton
Speaking engagement, 5 November 2012, Haggerston School Staff Conference, London
Speaking engagement, 14 November 2012, Education Conference in Stevenage; Hertfordshire County Council
Speaking engagement, 23 January 2013, at conference for deputy head teachers and head teachers in West Sussex
Speaking engagement, 25 January 2013, at a second conference for deputy head teachers and head teachers in West Sussex
Honorarium for mentoring Clore Foundation Fellow; 2010-2011
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chair of the Council, Goldsmiths College, University of London
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Chair and Trustee, National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield
Trustee, The Roundhouse
Trustee, Hamlyn Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Hotcourses Foundation (funds education of African HIV AIDS children and orphans; registered charity)