Lord Higgins
Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4164
Fax: 020 7219 6012
higginst@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Worthing 1964-97
Parliamentary career
Minister of State, Treasury 1970-72;
Financial Secretary, Treasury 1972-74
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Social Security/Work and Pensions 1997-2005,
the Treasury 1997-2001
Select committees
Chair: Procedure 1980-83,
Treasury 1983-92,
Liaison 1984-97
Councils, public bodies
DL, West Sussex 1988
Political interests
Finance, social security, transport, sport
Countries of interest
Netherlands, New Zealand, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Higgins, of Worthing in the County of West Sussex 1997
Register of Interests
4: Shareholdings (b)
Lansdowne UK Equity Fund Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Governor, National Institute of Economic and Social Research