Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Manchester Gorton 1979 general election. MP (Conservative) for Central Suffolk 1983-97, for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 1997-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS to John MacGregor:
as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1984-85,
as Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1985-87;
Second Deputy Chairman, Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker 1997-2010;
Contested Speaker elections 2000, 2009
Select committees
Ex-officio member:
Chairmen's Panel 1997-2010,
Court of Referees 1997-2010,
Standing Orders 1998-2010,
Unopposed Bills (Panel) 2000-10
Councils, public bodies
North Bedfordshire Borough Council:
Councillor 1974-77,
Chair, Policy Committee 1974-77;
Bedfordshire County Council:
Councillor 1981-83,
Chair, Further Education Committee 1981-83
International bodies
Parliamentary delegate, Council of Europe and Western European Union 1987-91;
Member, Executive Committee, Inter-Parliamentary Union British Group 1995-97
Political interests
Agriculture, forestry, environment
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Framlingham, of Eye in the County of Suffolk 2011
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
The Palmer Family Trust plc (family property company)
5: Land and property
Co-owner of a holiday site on Anglesey, North Wales