Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Greenwich 1964 and 1966 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Lewisham West 1970-February 1974. Contested Lewisham West February 1974 general election. MP for Eye 1979-83, for Suffolk Coastal 1983-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS:
to Jim Prior as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1971-72,
to Patrick Jenkin as Secretary of State for Social Services 1979-81;
Government Whip 1981-83;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment 1983;
Minister of State, Department of Employment 1983-84;
Paymaster General 1984-85;
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1985-88;
Minister for Local Government 1988-89;
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1989-93;
Secretary of State for the Environment 1993-97
Party groups
Chair, Cambridge University Conservative Association 1961;
Conservative Party:
Vice-chair 1972-74,
Chair 1983-85;
Chair, Conservative Group for Europe 1997-2000
Select committees
Member: Ecclesiastical Committee
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Inner London Education Authority 1967-70
Political interests
European affairs, sustainability, social justice
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Deben, of Winston in the County of Suffolk 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, Sancroft International Ltd (consultants in corporate responsibility and environmental, social, ethical and planning issues; payments made for certain work done by the Member in category 2 are made to Sancroft International Ltd)
Chairman, Veolia UK (formerly Vivendi UK) (water company)
Non-executive Director, Veolia Voda (water company)
Non-executive Chairman, Valpak Ltd (organisation for compliance with producer responsibility directives)
Non-executive Director, Catholic Herald (newspaper)
Non-executive Director, Castle Trust Capital Ltd (housing investment and mortgage company)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Association of Professional Advisers (formerly Association of Independent Financial Advisers)
Income from articles written for: Catholic Herald, Country Life, Estates Gazette and Planning
Income from chairing conferences
The subjects of the above two interests are usually property, sustainable development and religious issues. The commitments arise largely from my previous profession of journalism and all payments go to Sancroft International Ltd (see category 1) which provides research staff, information services and all other facilities
President, Association of Mortgage Intermediaries
Chairman, Climate Change Committee
Chairman, Vision 2020 (informal group considering food waste, reduction and recycling)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Zero C Ltd (sustainable home build)
Valpak Limited (environmental solutions)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Sancroft International Ltd (consultancy; as above)
5: Land and property
A residential and commercial property in London, owned by family
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14-19 June 2012, as Chairman of Globe International, to host and take part in discussions for Rio+20; travel and accommodation paid by Globe International
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
40 tickets for flights on the London Eye, a gift from Julia Barfield and David Marks, Marks Barfield Architects, November 2012
10: Non-financial interests (a)
President, Globe International (inter-parliamentary environment group)
Member, Board of Directors, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, British Architectural Library Trust
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Trustee, Blue Marine Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Theodore Trust