Baroness Henig

Ruth Henig

Ruth Henig

Party

Labour

Address as

Baroness Henig

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5133
henigr@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Lancaster 1979 and 1992 general elections

Party groups

Vice-chair, PLP Departmental Group for Home Affairs 2006-09, 2011-

Councils, public bodies

Lancashire County Council: Councillor 1981-2005, Chair 1999-2000; Magistrate, Lancaster Bench 1984-2005; Chair, Lancashire Police Authority 1995-2005; Member, Lawrence Steering Group (Home Office) 1998-2005; Association of Police Authorities: Chair 1997-2005, President 2005-; DL, Lancashire 2002; Member: Street Crime Action Group 2002-04, National Criminal Justice Board 2003-05

Political interests

Policing, criminal justice system, foreign affairs, Europe

Countries of interest

China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Henig, of Lancaster in the County of Lancashire 2004

Register of Interests

7: Overseas visits

Visit to Qatar, 13-15 March 2012, to attend Second International Sports Security Conference in Doha; return flights, hospitality and one night`s accommodation paid for by Qatari government and Institute for Sports Security

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Working Group member, Independent Commission on the Future of Policing

Chairman, Wyre Energy Ltd (at present unremunerated)

10: Non-financial interests (e)

President, Lancaster and District Art Society