Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3205
Fax: 020 7219 5979, 020 7630 7135
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Sutton and Cheam 1959 and Portsmouth West 1964 general elections. MP (Labour) for Portsmouth West 1966-74, for Portsmouth North 1974-79
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
Anthony Greenwood as Minister of Housing 1967-70,
Harold Wilson as Leader of Opposition 1970-72;
Shadow Defence Team 1972-74;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Navy), Ministry of Defence 1974-76;
Minister of State:
Overseas Development 1976-77,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1977-79
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1991-92;
Principal Opposition Spokesperson for:
Development and Co-operation 1992-97,
Education 1992-94;
Opposition Spokesperson for Defence 1995-97
Councils, public bodies
London School of Economics and Political Science:
Member of the Court 1982-2012,
Emeritus governor 2012-;
Vice-President, Campaign for National Parks 1998-;
Lancaster University Court:
Member 2002-11,
Life member 2011-;
Member of the Court, Newcastle University 2004-;
Member, Advisory Board of Centre for Human Rights, LSE 2007-
International bodies
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Council of Europe and WEU 1969-72, 1997-2005:
Chair:
Sub Committee on Refugees 1998-2001,
Rapporteur and Co-chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Chechnya of the Council of Europe 1999-2003;
Chair, Conference on the Future of Southern Africa, World Economic Forum 1990, 1991;
Member, Commission on Global Governance 1992-2001;
Vice-President, United Nations Association;
Member:
WHO Task Force on Health and Development 1994-98,
Justice Richard Goldstone's Commission on Human Duties and Responsibilities 1997-99
Political interests
Foreign affairs, Third World, defence, education, refugees, migration, race relations, penal affairs, environment policy, human rights
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Judd, of Portsea in the County of Hampshire 1991
Register of Interests
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territory, 9-12 December 2011; visit organised by Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) which met the costs of travel and accommodation from a grant made by the Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East
Visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, 17-18 March 2012, to speak at an international conference being organised by the Danish Support Committee for Chechnya; costs of travel and accommodation provided by the Committee
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Member, Advisory Committee to Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law (sponsored jointly by Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism, City University, and Centre for Freedom of the Media, Sheffield University)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of Court, London School of Economics and Political Science
Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Study of Human Rights at LSE
Member of Court, Newcastle University
Member, Council of Senior Fellows, De Montfort University
Member, British Council
Member, Advisory Board of Institute for Global Challenges, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Life Member of Court, Lancaster University
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Saferworld
Member, Advisory Panel, UNA-UK
Member, Council of International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership
Member, National Consultative Council of the Friends of the Lake District (from 26 May 2012)