Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3883
Fax: 020 7219 5979
hyltonr@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1971;
Private Member's Bills:
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill,
Overseas Domestic Workers (Protection) Bill;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Frome RDC 1968-72;
DL, Somerset 1975-90;
President Northern Ireland Association for Care and Resettlement of Offenders 1988-2009;
Chairman Advisory Council Foundation for Reconciliation and Relief in Middle East (Iraq) 2006
International bodies
Chair, MICOM – Moldova Initiatives Committee of Management 1994
Political interests
Northern Ireland, housing, British-Irish relations, human rights, prisons, penal affairs and policy, conflict resolution, peace building, inter-faith relations, foreign affairs and policy
Countries of interest
Caucasus (North and South), Europe, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Moldova, Palestine, Russia, South East Europe, former Soviet Union
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Company Director, Middle East Economic Forum Ltd
5: Land and property
Family landholdings in Surrey
Landholdings and farms in Somerset including residential properties
Woodland in Somerset
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Amman and Jerusalem, 7-12 October 2011; flights, food, accommodation and land transport paid for by the Council for European-Palestinian Relations
Visit to Oslo, Norway, 2-4 November 2011, regarding the Nyon Process for the Middle East and North Africa; flights, food, accommodation and local transport paid for by Norwegian government
Visit to Tunis, 8-10 June 2012; cost of return flights and two nights' hotel accommodation met by Nyon Process and Forward Thinking (a UK charity)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Ammerdown Centre Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of Court, Bath University
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Trustee, Forward Thinking
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, MICOM (linking Republic of Moldova & Northern Ireland)
Chairman, Advisory Council, Foundation for Reconciliation and Relief in Middle East
President, PEOPLE (after-care of prisoners in Somerset)
President, Kilmersdon Rural Housing Association