Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3485
morrisw@parliament.uk
Biography
Party groups
Chair:
Conference Arrangements Committee,
Labour Party/Trade Union Liaison Committee
Councils, public bodies
Chair, Morris Inquiry Metropolitan Police Authority 2004;
Member:
Commission for Racial Equality 1977-87,
IBA General Advisory Council 1981-86,
Road Transport Industries Training Board 1986-92,
BBC General Advisory Council 1987-88,
Employment Appeal Tribunal 1988-2008,
ACAS (the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service) 1997-2003,
Royal Commission on House of Lords Reform 1999,
Commission for Integrated Transport 1999-2005,
Architects Registration Board 2001-05,
Panel of Mergers and Take Overs 2005-08;
DL, Staffordshire 2008
International bodies
Member:
Board International Transport Federation 1986-2003,
Economic and Social Committee EC 1990-92
Political interests
Social justice, trade unions, the economy, international affairs, diversity
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Morris of Handsworth, of Handsworth in the County of West Midlands 2006
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Deputy Chair, Jamaica National Money Services Limited (international money remittance)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chair, Midland Heart Housing Association
Member, Panel on Takeovers and Mergers
Adviser, Voice newspaper
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Board member, England and Wales Cricket Board
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, Staffordshire University
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Member, Board of Trustees, Performance Birmingham Limited (charitable trust that runs Town Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham)