Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton

Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton, OBE, DL ( born January 16, 1953 in Farnworth ) is a British politician and member of the House of Lords.

Patricia Morris was set up as a candidate of the Conservative Party in the general election in 1992 in the electoral district Oldham Central and Royton, but not elected as an MP. She was from 1999 to 2001 as a consultant for deputies of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament operates. From 2001 to 2005 she was a deputy leader of the Conservative Party with the area of ​​responsibility of taking care of parliamentary candidates. 2004 Patricia Morris was taken up in the House of Lords and took over as parliamentary secretary ( Whip ) the Conservative leadership for the party in the House of Lords. She gave this function in 2010. From 2004 to 2010 she was the shadow minister and spokesperson for the " women " and from 2005 to 2010 also for "Children, Schools and Families ." Since 2011 Patricia Morris is a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

Politics

In the fall of 2004, shortly after their admission to the House of Lords Patricia Morris took there position for Hunting Act 2004, a very controversial law to fox hunting. She called the one hand as animal love animal rights activist, known at the same time but also to the Burns Inquiry as cruel classified Parforcejagd.

As leaders of the Conservative Party for Women's Policy, it supported Elizabeth Truss, which had been set up as a candidate of the Conservatives in the constituency of South West Norfolk and their nomination should be withdrawn, as a hitherto little known extramarital relationship became known to a wider public. They called this case evidence supplied as no longer appropriate for the time.

Activities outside of politics

From 1998 to 2004 Patricia Morris was a member of the Advisory Board for the abbot of Ampleforth Abbey. She is the president of the National Benevolent Institution and a Trustee for UNICEF UK. In November 2009, she was appointed with effect from 1 January 2010 for a period of three years to the first Chancellor of the University of Bolton.