Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison

Lyndon Henry Arthur Harrison, Baron Harrison ( born September 28, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer.

Life and career

Harrison was born on 28 September 1947. He attended the Oxford School and the University of Warwick, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, followed by the University of Sussex and the University of Keele. The last two he graduated with a Master of Arts.

From 1981 to 1990 he was a Councillor of Cheshire County Council. In the North West Tourist Board, he was Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Chair ) By 1986 until 1989. From 1990 to 1997 he was vice-president of the Association of County Councils.

Currently, Harrison President of the Chester and District Parkinson 's Disease Society, Vice President ( VP ) of the Cheshire Landscape Trust and Wirral Investment Network. He is also a member of the Trusteeship Council ( trustee ) of the Genesis Initiative of the Business Senate for Enterprise.

Membership in the European Parliament

He was from 1989 to 1999 Member of the European Parliament. There he represented the constituency of Cheshire West.

Membership in the House of Lords

Harrison was appointed on 28 July 1999 for Life peer as Baron Harrison, of Chester in the County of Cheshire. His official introduction in the House of Lords took place on 26 October 1999 with the support of Stanley Clinton Davis and Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley. His inaugural address was delivered on 23 November 1999.

As subjects of political interest he calls small business, tourism, monetary union, children and the EU. As states of interest he calls the States of the Commonwealth, the EU and candidate members, as well as the United States.

He speaks regularly in the House of Lords. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Departmental Liaison peer for Northern Ireland. As a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Armenia, he participated in a visit to Armenia in April 2011. In September 2011 he traveled in this function to Vietnam. Writer visited Cyprus in December 2011.

He is also a member of the Parliamentary Humanist Group. Since 1999 he is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and since 2007 at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

In July of 2001, he and his wife among the signatories of a letter, which calls on the government to reconsider the support for the expansion of religious schools.

  • Session of April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002: 130 days
  • Session of April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003: 156 days
  • Session of April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004: 160 days
  • Session of April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005: 149 days
  • Session of April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 130 days
  • Session of April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 138 days
  • Session 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008: 141 days
  • Session 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009: 127 days
  • Session 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010: 129 days
  • Session of April 1, 2010 to 30 June 2010: 25 days
  • Session 1 July 2010 to 30 September 2010: 17 days
  • Session 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010: 48 days
  • Session 1 January 2011 to 31 March 2011: 45 1 days
  • April 2011: 7 days ( 7 )
  • May 2011: 15 days ( 15 )
  • June 2011: 17 days ( out of 17)
  • July 2011: 13 days ( out of 13)
  • August 2011: 1 day ( 1 )
  • September 2011: 8 days ( 8 )
  • October 2011: 14 5 days ( out of 18)
  • November 2011: 18 days ( 18 )
  • December 2011: 13 days ( out of 13)
  • January 2012: 14 Days ( 14 )
  • February 2012: 13 1 days ( 14 )
  • March 2012: 14 Days ( 17 )
  • April 2012: 5 days ( out of 5)
  • May 2012: 13 days ( out of 13)
  • June 2012: 13 days ( out of 13)

On meeting days Harrison is regularly present.

Family

Harrison is married.

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