Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1675
Fax: 020 7219 0699
collinsr@parliament.uk
www.labourlords.org.uk
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Whip 2011-;
Opposition Spokesperson for Work and Pensions 2012-
Party groups
Labour Party:
Member 1970-,
Member, National Policy Forum 1997-2003,
Elected Member, National Constitution Committee 2001-08,
General Secretary 2008-11
Councils, public bodies
Governing Body, Ruskin College, Oxford
Political interests
Equality, international affairs, justice and opportunity
Countries of interest
South America, Spain
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Collins of Highbury, of Highbury in the London Borough of Islington 2011
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, Embignell Limited (holding company whose main subsidiary, Union Income Benefit Holdings Limited, is engaged in insurance, prepaid card services and print management services)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Limited (limited company)
Director, Drayton Park Management RTM Company Limited
Chair of the Board of Directors, Enterprise The Business Credit Union Limited ( a savings and loans co-operative regulated by the FSA and trading also as DotComUnity Credit Union)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of Governing Body, Ruskin College, Oxford