Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6914
Fax: 020 7219 2377
linklaterv@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Lib Dem) Perth and Kinross 1995 by-election
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Penal Affairs 2005-07
Councils, public bodies
JP, Inner London 1985-88;
Member, Children's Panel, Edinburgh South 1989-97
Political interests
Education, youth affairs, penal affairs and policy
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, of Riemore in Perth and Kinross 1997
Register of Interests
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Croatia, 13-15 June 2011, with All Party Parliamentary Group on Croatia, to discuss EU membership with Croatian parliamentarians; cost of accommodation and subsistence met by Government of Croatia
Visit to Milan, Italy, 28-31 March 2012, with All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System to meet judges, court officials and professionals involved in the treatment of and provision for girls in the criminal justice system; all expenses, including flights, accommodation and meals met by Howard League for Penal Reform
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Founder and President, The New School, Butterstone
10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, Society of Friends of Dunkeld Cathedral
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chairman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Vice Chairman and Trustee, Pushkin Prizes Scotland
Adviser, Koestler Award Trust
Member, Advisory Board, Beacon Fellowship
Council Member, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
President, SOVA
Trustee, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Trustee, Riemore Trust
Trustee, Lyle Charitable Trust
Trustee, Butterstone Public Hall