Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3521
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Dumbarton 1987-2005, for West Dunbartonshire 2005-10
Parliamentary career
Member Public Accounts Commission -2010;
Opposition Whip 1989-91;
Opposition Spokesperson for Scottish Affairs 1992-97;
Government Whip 1997-98;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 1998-99 (Minister for Education, Training and Employment, Health and Community Relations 1998-99, for Economy and Education 1999)
Party groups
Member, Co-operative Party
Select committees
Member: Public Administration 2000-01,
Treasury (Treasury Sub-Committee) 2001-10;
Chair: Treasury 2001-10;
Member: Liaison 2001-10,
Liaison Sub-committee 2007-10
Political interests
Defence, education, economic policy, co-operative development, Third World
Countries of interest
Latin America, Middle East, Romania
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron McFall of Alcluith, of Dumbarton in the County of Dunbartonshire 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, Alcluith Limited (trading entity for Member's advisory and other professional services: see category 4(a); income from speaking engagements is paid to Alcluith Limited (see category 2))
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 16 November 2011, Centaur Media plc dinner
Speaking engagement, 29 November 2011, Fidelity Investment
Dinner engagement, 7 March 2012, Turcan Connell, Glasgow
Speaking engagement, 21 May 2012, Centaur Media plc
Speaking engagement, 30 May 2012, Turcan Connell, London
Speaking engagement, 21 June 2012, Centaur Media plc
Speaking engagement, 26 June 2012, Centaur Media plc
4: Shareholdings (a)
Alcluith Limited (trading entity for Member's advisory and other professional services)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to USA, 6-8 June 2012, to attend Yale Governance Forum, New Haven, Connecticut; air fare and accommodation paid by organisers, Yale School of Management
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Attended 20th Gleneagles Conference on Pensions, 14 September, 2012; organised by J P Morgan, hospitality included an overnight stay
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Unremunerated Chairman, New City Network (London) Ltd (not-for-profit think tank aiming to develop ideas and research on financial services policy) (wef 4 February 2013)