Lord Inglewood

Richard Fletcher-Vane

Richard Fletcher-Vane

Party

Conservative

Address as

Lord Inglewood

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3190
inglewoodw@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (Conservative) Houghton and Washington 1983 general election

Lords career

First entered House of Lords 1989; Government Whip 1994-95: Government Deputy Chief Whip 1995; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department of National Heritage 1995-97; Opposition Spokesperson for Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-98; Elected hereditary peer 1999-

Councils, public bodies

Member, Lake District Special Planning Board 1984-90; Chair, Development Control Committee 1985-89; Member, North West Water Authority 1987-89; DL, Cumbria 1993; Governor, Skinners' Academy, Hackney 2008-11

Political interests

Rural affairs, agriculture, environment, Europe, local and regional government, regional policy, legal affairs, media, arts, constitutional affairs

Countries of interest

China, EU, Iceland, Turkey

Register of Interests

1: Directorships

Chairman, Carr's Milling Industries plc (agricultural supplies)

Chairman, CN Group plc (media)

Chairman, Pheasant Inn (Bassenthwaite Lake) Ltd (hotel)

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Barrister (non-practising)

Chartered Surveyor (non-practising)

Farmer

Landowner

Occasional irregular journalism and consultancy

4: Shareholdings (b)

Pheasant Inn (Bassenthwaite Lake) Ltd (hotel)

5: Land and property

Hutton-in-the-Forest (historic house open to the public)

Flat in London SW1 from which rental income is received

Agricultural and residential property in Cumbria

8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

Gift of two complimentary tickets for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, 14 and 15 May 2011

As Chairman of the House's Communications Committee I was the guest with my wife at BBC TV's Final of Strictly Come Dancing in Blackpool in December 2011; costs of the visit were met by BBC TV

Attendance at the BAFTA annual awards ceremony, 12 February 2012, as guest of the British Board of Film Classification

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Chairman, Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest

President, Cumbria Tourism

10: Non-financial interests (d)

Member, Board of Directors, Historic Houses Association

Friends of Lake District National Consultative Committee

Vice President, Campaign for National Parks

Political Adviser (House of Lords) Estates Business Group

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, Settle-Carlisle Railway Trust

Trustee, Whitehaven Community Trust Ltd

Trustee, Calvert Trust

President, Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Trustee, Elton Estate, Cambridgeshire/Northamptonshire

Trustee, Raby Estates, Co Durham and Shropshire

Trustee, Thoresby Estate, Nottinghamshire