Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6241, 020 7219 3204
westm@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1954;
Government Whip 1962-64;
Opposition Whip 1964-67;
Government Whip 1971-74;
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1974;
Member, Armitage Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants 1976;
Joint Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1976-79;
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1979-83;
Deputy Leader of the Lords 1979-83, 1988-97;
Minister of State:
Home Office 1988-94,
Department of Trade and Industry (Minister for Small Firms and Consumer Affairs) 1994-95;
Department of the Environment (Minister for the Environment and Countryside) 1995-97;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Party groups
President, Association of Conservative Peers 2006-
Councils, public bodies
Council member, Hurstpierpoint College 1959-68;
High Steward:
Norwich Cathedral 1979-2007,
Emeritus 2007-;
DL, Norfolk 1983-2004;
Chairman:
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1984-88,
British Agricultural Export Council 1984-88;
Member, Council of Food from Britain 1985-88
Political interests
Countryside, agriculture, home affairs, constitution
Countries of interest
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Register of Interests
4: Shareholdings (b)
Ruffer Total Return and Income Shares (investment management)
Ruffer Absolute Return C Accumulation Shares (investment management)
Ruffer Investment Company Limited Red Pref Shares (investment management)
5: Land and property
Land in Norfolk
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Grand Prior, Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in England and Wales