John Burnett, Baron Burnett
John Patrick Aubone Burnett, Baron Burnett ( born September 19, 1945) is a British lawyer and politician of the Liberal Democrats.
Life and career
Burnett, son of Lieutenant Colonel Aubone Burnett and Joan Bolt, the Ampleworth attended college in the county of North Yorkshire.
From 1964 to 1970 Burnett served in the Royal Marines. From 1965 to 1966 he was platoon commander ( Troop Commander) of 42 Commando RM Borneo and 1967-1969 Second platoon leader and commander of 40 Commando RM Far East and Middle East. He finished his military service with the rank of lieutenant.
1975 Burnett was admitted to the bar. His area of focus was the tax law. From 1976 to 1997 he worked as a partner and later as a senior partner of Burd Pearse Soliticors in Okehampton.
Burnett from 1985 to 1997 Member of the Council ( Council) of the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society. In 1989 he won the National Competition of the Devon Cattle Breeders Herd Society. From 1984 to 1996 he was a member of the Revenue Law Committee of the Law Society.
He is also president of the Royal Marines Association local chapter of Tavistock, the president of the charity Mencap, Section Tavistock, Okehampton Argyle of the Football Club, the Okehampton Small -Bore Association and the Rescue Group, District Dartmoor. He is also a consultant ( Adviser ) of the Special Boat Service Association. (July 2012)
Since 2005 he has worked as a freelance consultant with the law firm of Stephens & Scown Solicitors.
Membership in the House of Commons
In 1997 Burnett Emma Harriet Nicholson, who was appointed to the House of Lords, as MP for the constituency of West Devon and Torridge. Burnett was in 1987 unsuccessfully competed for this constituency. From 1997 to 2002 he was spokesman for the Liberal Democrats for the Office of Legal Policy. Burnett was from 1998 to 2005 the Finance Bill Committee on. From 2002 to 2005 he was Shadow Attorney-General of the Liberal Democrats. From 1997 to 2004 he was speaker working for the Interior and legal issues. From 2004 to 2005 he was a spokesman for the office of the Second Kronanwalts ( Solicitor General's Department ). Further to the decision of Burnett in 2005 not to stand, it came at the general election in 2005 to a turnaround of 5,000 votes against his successor.
Burnett supported in May 2000 with several spoke during the occurrence of the Limited Liability Partnerships Bill (2000 ), which lawyers ( solicitors ) allowed to continue working in partner companies, but in some cases take the legal and tax advantages of a Limited Company to complete.
Multiple agreed Burnett in his eight-year term as a member of the House against his own party. For multiple votes on the Iraq War 2002/2003 he distanced himself from his own party line.
Membership in the House of Lords
In May 2006 he was appointed with the title of Baron Burnett, of Whitchurch in the County of Devon for Life Peer. On 6 June 2006, he was officially introduced in the House of Lords; On 17 July 2006 he gave his inaugural speech.
As subjects of political interest he calls on the website of the House of Lords economic policy, defense policy and agriculture.
He was from 2007 to 2009 the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Planning ( Planning) and 2009-2010 for Food and Agricultural Affairs.
Burnett is present regularly in session.
Family
Burnett married in 1971 Elizabeth Sherwood de la Mare, the daughter of Sir Arthur James de la Mare ( 1914-1994 ) and Katherine Elizabeth.