Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4009
quinjg@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Gateshead East 1987-97, for Gateshead East and Washington West 1997-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Trade and Industry 1989-92,
Employment 1992-93,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1993-97;
Minister of State:
Home Office 1997-98,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1998-99;
Minister of State and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1999-2001
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010-11
Party groups
Research officer, International Department, Labour Party HQ 1969-72
Select committees
Member Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform 2003-05
Councils, public bodies
Member, Review Committee of Privy Counsellors of Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2002-05
International bodies
Chair, Franco-British Council 2008-
Political interests
European affairs, industrial policy, regional policy
Countries of interest
Europe (including Eastern Europe)
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Quin, of Gateshead in the County of Tyne and Wear 2006
Register of Interests
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member, Durham Cathedral Council
Member of the Court of Newcastle University
Council Member, University College, Durham
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Franco-British Council
President, Gateshead Arthritis Care Association
President, Northumbrian Pipers Association