Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Party groups
President, Berwick upon Tweed Conservative Association 2000-05
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Crafts Advisory Committee 1971-77,
Design Council 1973-80,
CBI Grand Council 1975-,
President's Committee 1979-83;
Deputy Chair, CBI Smaller Firms Council 1979-84;
President, Industrial Participation Association 1979-90;
Chair, Rural Development Commission 1980-90;
Member, Industry Year Steering Committee, Royal Society of Arts (Chair) 1985;
DL, Northumberland 1990;
Member, Foundation of Science and Technology 1991-
Political interests
Small businesses, deregulation, tax, pensions
Countries of interest
UK
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Vinson, of Roddam Dene in the County of Northumberland 1985
Register of Interests
4: Shareholdings (b)
All shareholdings have been placed in and are administered through a Blind Trust
4: Shareholdings (a)
All shareholdings have been placed in and are administered through a Blind Trust
5: Land and property
Farm in Northumberland (wife is registered farmer of the land)
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Vice President, Institute of Economic Affairs
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Institute for the Study of Civil Society (CIVITAS)
Trustee, Chillingham Wild Cattle Association