Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979
lindsayj@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1989;
Government Whip 1995;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1995-97;
Opposition Spokesperson for Green Issues June-October 1997;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Board member, Cairngorms Partnership 1998-2003;
Member:
Secretary of State's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development 1998-99,
UK Round Table on Sustainable Development 1998-99;
Chair:
United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2002-;
Better Regulation Commission:
Member 2006-08,
Deputy chair 2007-08;
DL, Fife 2007-;
Member:
Advisory board, Business and a Sustainable Environment 2007-,
Commission on Scottish Devolution 2008-09,
Risk and Regulation Advisory Council 2008-10
International bodies
Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on Environment:
Member 1993-95,
Vice-chair 1994-95
Political interests
Environment, agriculture, rural affairs, energy, food industry, Scotland, regulation, accreditation, standards
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
Non-executive Director, Scottish Resources Group Ltd
Non-executive Director, British Polythene Industries plc (BPI)
Chairman, SRUC Ltd (formerly SAC Ltd: Scottish Agricultural College)
Director & Chairman, Clinical Pathology Accreditation UK Ltd (subsidiary of United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS))
Chairman & Director, SAC Commercial Ltd (subsidiary of SRUC Ltd)
Chairman & Director, SAC Corporate Trustee Ltd (subsidiary of SRUC Ltd)
Chairman & Director, SAC Consulting Ltd (subsidiary of SRUC Ltd)
Chairman, BPI Pension Trustees Limited
Chairman, Frelish Energy Ltd
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Associate Director, National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC)
Farmer, landowner and property owner with rental income from cottages, holiday lets etc
Landowner
Property owner, cottage rentals, holiday lets etc.
5: Land and property
Farmland in Fife including residential property
Wilderness (approximately 100 acres) on West Coast of Scotland including residential property
Flat in Edinburgh
9: Miscellaneous financial interests
Chairman, Moorland Forum, from which a small sum is received quarterly
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director/Trustee, Leven Valley Development Trust
Member, Advisory Board, BASE (Business and Sustainable Environment)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Friends of the Capercaillie
Vice President, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Vice President, RSPB
Vice President, International Tree Foundation
Vice President, Royal Smithfield Club
President, National Trust for Scotland
Vice President, Trading Standards Institute