Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5609
hanhamj@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Whip 2000-09;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02,
Local Government and the Regions 2002,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Communities and Local Government 2003-07,
Scotland 2003-07,
Transport 2005-07,
Home Affairs 2007-09,
Health 2007-09,
Transport 2009-10;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department for Communities and Local Government 2010-
Councils, public bodies
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea:
Councillor 1970-2011,
Mayor 1983-84,
Chair:
Town Planning Committee 1984-86,
Social Services Committee 1987-89,
Policy and Resources Committee 1989-2000,
Leader of the Council 1989-2000;
Member, Mental Health Act Commission 1983-90;
Non-executive member, North West Thames Regional Health Authority 1983-94;
JP:
City of London Commission 1984-2009,
Inner London Family Proceedings Court 1992-2009;
Governor:
Sir John Cass Foundation 1996-99,
Sir John Cass Primary School 1997-99;
Member, Policy Committee, London Government Association 1999-2001;
Chair, St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust 2000-07
International bodies
Member/alternate member, Committee of the Regions 1998-2010
Political interests
Local government, health, justice, environment
Countries of interest
Europe, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Hanham, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1999
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government