Earl of Lindsay

James Lindesay-Bethune

James Lindesay-Bethune

Party

Conservative

Address as

Lord Lindsay

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