Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3118
whittyl@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Government Whip 1997-98;
Government Spokesperson for European Affairs, International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Employment 1997-98;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson:
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Minister for Roads and Road Safety) 1998-2001,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2001-05
Party groups
Labour Party:
General Secretary 1985-94,
European Co-ordinator 1994-97
Councils, public bodies
Chair, National Consumer Council 2006-08;
Member, National Water Regulation Authority (Ofwat) 2006;
Non-executive director, Environment Agency 2006-12;
Chair, Consumer Focus 2008-10
Political interests
Employment, energy, environment, food, Europe, consumers, education
Countries of interest
China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Whitty, of Camberwell in the London Borough of Southwark 1996
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Non-executive Director and Chair of Pensions Committee, Environment Agency
Work on energy matters for Northern Ireland Consumer Council
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Vice President, Local Government Association
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chair, Housing Voice (campaign to put affordable housing higher up political agenda)
Vice President, Trading Standards Institute
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Lehman-Chesshire Trust (charity)
Member, Advisory Committee, Westminster Sustainable Business Forum
Board Member, Smith Institute
Vice President, Environmental Protection UK