Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5427
howef@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1984;
Government Whip 1991-92;
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1992-95;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 1995-97;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Defence May-October 1997,
Health October 1997-2010,
the Family 2004-05;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Quality) and Government Spokesperson, Department of Health 2010-
Political interests
Agriculture, penal affairs and policy, finance
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary
Partner in family farming business (arable)
5: Land and property
Farmland in Buckinghamshire, including residential properties, offices and woodland
Residential property in London
Commercial property in London and Nottingham
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, King William IV Naval Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Milton's Cottage Trust
Chairman, Friends of Little Missenden Festival of the Arts
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, Curzon Centre, Beaconsfield
President, Association of Art and Antiques Dealers LAPADA
Trustee, Penn Trust
President, Abbeyfield (Beaconsfield) Society
President, RNLI Chilterns Branch
Chairman, Friends of Curzon Centre Beaconsfield
President, South Buckinghamshire Association for the Disabled
Member of Council, RNLI
President, Skidz (Wycombe motor project)
Trustee, The Portman Estate (family trust)