Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker

Janet Alison Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker, of Beeston in the County of Nottinghamshire ( born February 20, 1936) is a British politician of the Labour Party, which is since 1999 member of the House of Lords.

Life

Janet Whitaker 1985-2006 Peace Judge next 1995-2000 Member of the Labour Court ( Employment Tribunal ). In addition, it was from 1996 to 1999, deputy chairman and chairman of the Council for Racial Equality, the London Borough of Camden and between 1997 and 2001 Member of the Board of Trust of the National Health Service (NHS ) for the Tavistock Clinic and the Portman Clinic. Finally, it was between 1998 us 1999 a member of the examination committee for immigration and complaints from 1998 to 2001 and chairman of the company founded by Frederick Denison Maurice, 1854 Working Men 's College for men and women.

On August 5, 1999, she was raised by a Letters Patent as Life Peeress with the title Baroness Whitaker, of Beeston in the County of Nottinghamshire in the peerage. On 3 November 1999 their introduction ( Introduction) followed as a member of the House of Lords.

In the following years it was between 1999 and 2007 Association member of the Upper House ( Liaison peer ) for International Development, and in 2009 chairman of a Commission survey for the design of public procurement and in 2011 a survey Commission for the organization of education. In addition, she is a member of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU ) and the Commonwealth of Nations Parliamentary Assembly.

In addition, she served between 2001 and 2009 as chairman of the Advisory Council of Transparency International in the UK and from 2001 to 2003 as deputy chairman of the Independent Transport Commission (ITC). Since 2003 she is a member of the Council of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI ), a leading think tank for overseas development, and since 2005 a member of the Advisory Board of the British Institute of Human Rights. Since 2006, Baroness Whitaker is a member of the Advisory Board of the British UN Association.

Baroness Whitaker is also a Fellow of the Working Men 's College and Vice -President of the British Humanist Association (BHA ) and the One World Trust, an institution for the promotion of education and research. Finally, it also acts as President of the South Downs Society.