Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
williamsmc3@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
On leave of absence October 2010-October 2011
Party groups
Labour Party until December 2011 (on taking up position as trustee, BBC Trust); Crossbench December 2011-
Councils, public bodies
Trustee, BBC Trust 2011-;
Governor, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Political interests
Foreign affairs, defence, social welfare
Countries of interest
Balkans, France, Germany, Middle East including Iran, southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, Vietnam, and Burma, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Williams of Baglan, of Neath Port Talbot in Glamorgan 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London
International Trustee, BBC (including BBC World Service and BBC World TV)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Singapore, 24-29 January 2012, to deliver a lecture on "The Arab Spring" at the Diplomatic Academy; travel and hotel expenses (no fee) met under the Singapore Foreign Ministry’s "Distinguished Visitors Programme"
Visit to Bangkok, Thailand, 27-31 May 2012, as guest of the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Thai Public Broadcasting Service to deliver a lecture on public broadcasting at the ABU annual conference; travel costs and expenses met by Thai PBS
Visit to Paris, 6-8 June 2012, to attend conference organised by Academie Diplomatique Internationale (ADI) and International Bar Association on “ Law and Diplomacy”; travel costs and expenses met by ADI
Visit to Washington DC, 3-4 October 2012, to give two lectures at Center for Naval Analysis (CNA); CNA met travel and accommodation costs and paid an honorarium
Visit to Turkey, 19-21 October 2012, to attend conference in Istanbul on ‘The Middle East Dialogue’ organised by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Carnegie met travel and accommodation costs
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of International Advisory Board, Toledo International Centre for Peace, Madrid, Spain
Governor, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London