Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Penrith and the Border 1987 general election. MP for Barrow and Furness 1992-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS to Margaret Beckett:
as President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1997-98,
as President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1998;
Department of Health:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1998-99,
Minister of State for Health 1999-2005;
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office 2005;
Secretary of State for:
Work and Pensions 2005-07,
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2007-08,
Defence 2008-09
Select committees
Member: Home Affairs 1994-97
Councils, public bodies
Chair, Independent Public Service Pensions Commission 2010-
Political interests
Defence, welfare state, home affairs, legal affairs
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Hutton of Furness, of Aldingham in the County of Cumbria 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Sirius Minerals plc
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser, Eversheds LLP (international law firm)
Chairman, Nuclear Industries Association
Adviser, Bechtel Corporation (engineering; construction; project management)
Non-executive Chairman, MyCSP Ltd
European Advisory Director, Dimensional Fund Advisors
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, RAF Museum
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Royal United Services Institute
Trustee, Social Market Foundation
Chairman, Cuba Initiative