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Communications And Digital Committee
The Communications and Digital Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords with the broad remit to "consider the media, digital and creative industries". In recent years, the Committee has held inquiries into the Chairmanship of the BBC, the focus and structure of Government communications with the public and the media, ownership of news media outlets, and the digital television Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using Digital signal, digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an ... and radio switchovers. Membership As of January 2025, the membership of the committee is as follows: References {{UKParliamentCommittees Committees of the House of Lords Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Select Committee (United Kingdom)
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the British constitution, constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Knight
James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth, (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who served as Minister for the South West and Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset from 2001 to 2010. After losing his seat to Richard Drax of the Conservative Party, it was announced Knight would be made a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours. He is now chief education and external officer at TES Global Ltd, and a visiting professor at the London Knowledge Lab of the Institute of Education in London. Education Knight was educated at Eltham College, an independent school in Mottingham in south east London, followed by Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied geography and social & political sciences from 1984 to 1987, gaining a BA Hons. Early career Knight was manager of Central Studio, the arts centre of Queen Mary's College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patience Wheatcroft, Baroness Wheatcroft
Patience Jane Wheatcroft, Baroness Wheatcroft (born 28 September 1951) is a British journalist and life peeress, who was editor-in-chief of '' The Wall Street Journal Europe.'' She left this role upon becoming a peer. She previously served as editor of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' newspaper. She resigned from this post in September 2007 after eighteen months in the job and temporarily moved out of journalism. Career Wheatcroft was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School and Birmingham University (LLB, Law, 1972). She and her husband, Tony Salter, launched the specialist trade magazine '' Retail Week'' in 1988 and Wheatcroft served as its consultant editor until 1992. She has worked on several national newspapers, including the ''Daily Mail'', ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Daily Telegraph''. After serving as Deputy City Editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'', she was appointed Business and City Editor of ''The Times'' in 1997 and then as editor of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Storey
Michael John Storey, Baron Storey, (born 25 May 1949) is a British Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat politician. He is currently the party's spokesperson on education, families and young people in the House of Lords. He was City Councillor for the Liverpool ward of Wavertree (ward), Wavertree from 2004 to 2011 and Leader of Liverpool City Council from 1998 to 2005. He was first elected to the Council in 1973, and became the youngest Chair of Education in the history of Liverpool from 1980 to 1983, during which time he was also Deputy Leader of the Council under Trevor Jones (British politician), Sir Trevor Jones. Leader of the Council In 1998 the Liberal Democrats gained control of Liverpool City Council and Storey became Council Leader. He aimed to set about rebuilding the city's reputation, cutting the council tax, improving services and attracting jobs and investment, while reducing the number of council employees by 5,000. He was a central part of Liverpool's succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen Of Alderley Edge
Charlotte Kathryn Tranter Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (born 10 May 1993) is a British life peer and former special adviser. She has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2023, and was the youngest recipient of a life peerage at the time of her appointment. Early life and education Charlotte Owen was born on 10 May 1993 to Michael and Kathryn Owen. Owen's mother works for her brother's forklift truck company. Owen grew up in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, and attended Alderley Edge School for Girls, a private school. She graduated from the University of York in 2015 with an upper-second-class honours degree in politics and international relations. According to her LinkedIn profile, Owen worked as an intern for Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne for a month in 2011 before later working in his constituency office in Tatton in 2012. Both assertions were disputed by a senior source who worked in Osborne's office at the time. She was a member of Conser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry Mitchell, Baron Mitchell
Parry Andrew Mitchell, Baron Mitchell (born 6 May 1943) is a British businessman and Labour member of the House of Lords. On 10 May 2000, Mitchell was created a life peer as Baron Mitchell, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, and introduced in the House of Lords on 24 May 2000. He sat on the Labour benches until he resigned from the party in September 2016. He rejoined the party in June 2020. Education Parry Mitchell holds a B.Sc. (Econ) from the University of London and an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York. Business career Mitchell founded, grew and subsequently sold, three international companies in the IT services sector: Standard Chartered Leasing Ltd; United Leasing plc and Syscap plc. Today his interest is in start-up companies. He is a director of an iPad App start up in Manhattan, called Zuse - a multitasking browser, and he is also chairman of Instant Impact, based in London. Mitchell formed and chaired the eLearning Foundation (which provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McNally, Baron McNally
Thomas McNally, Baron McNally (born 20 February 1943) is a British politician and a former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. Early life McNally was born in Blackpool. A Catholic of Irish descent, he attended St Joseph's College, Blackpool. He later attended University College London, where he was elected president of the Debating Society as well as Students' Union President. Professional career He later worked for the Fabian Society, and then as a full-time employee of the Labour Party, becoming its international secretary. He served as a political advisor to Foreign Secretary James Callaghan during the conflict in Cyprus in the 1970s, before becoming head of the Prime Minister's political office at Downing Street in 1976 when Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson. Political career Elected to the House of Commons in 1979 as a member of the Labour Party for the constituency of Stockport South, in 1981 he was one of the later defectors to the new Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Baines (bishop)
Nicholas Baines (born 13 November 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. He has served as Bishop of Leeds since 2014,Number 10 – Diocese of Leeds: the Right Reverend Nicholas Baines approved (Accessed 4 February 2014) having previously been Bishop of Bradford from 2011 to 2014 and Bishop of Croydon from 2003 to 2011. Early life Baines was educated at Holt C ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes Of Richmond
Christopher Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond, (born 15 October 1971), is a British life peer in the House of Lords and former swimmer. He won a total of nine gold, five silver, and one bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. Holmes represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games between 1988 and 2000 and is the only British Paralympic swimmer to win six gold medals at a single Games. After retiring from swimming he worked as a journalist and solicitor. He was Director of Paralympic Integration for the London Olympics and it was announced that he would be elevated to the House of Lords in August 2013, as a Conservative Party peer. Early life and education Holmes was born in Peterborough on 15 October 1971. His family moved to Kidderminster when he was three. He was educated at Harry Cheshire Comprehensive School, Kidderminster. He then studied Social and Political Sciences at King's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; in 1998, as per tradition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest extant institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century. In contrast to the House of Commons, membership of the Lords is not generally acquired by Elections in the United Kingdom, election. Most members are Life peer, appointed for life, on either a political or non-political basis. House of Lords Act 1999, Hereditary membership was limited in 1999 to 92 List of excepted hereditary peers, excepted hereditary peers: 90 elected through By-elections to the House of Lords, internal by-elections, plus the Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain as members Ex officio member, ''ex officio''. No members directly inherit their seats any longer. The House of Lords also includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Healy, Baroness Healy Of Primrose Hill
Anna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 10 May 1955) is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. Career She graduated with a BA in Modern History & Politics from Royal Holloway College in 1976 and has worked for the Labour Party since 1978. She was special adviser to Harriet Harman when Leader of the Commons and John Prescott as Deputy Prime Minister. She worked in the Cabinet Office under Tony Blair's premiership and was then Senior Parliamentary Press Officer for the Labour Party for six years. During Harman's 2010 tenure as interim Leader of the Labour Party, she served as her chief of staff. She has also worked for Jack Cunningham, Mo Mowlam, and The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston. Peerage She was created a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours, taking the title Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, of Primrose Hill in the London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London boroughs, borough in Inner London, En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet
Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley, Baroness Fleet, (born 28 February 1952) is a board member of Arts Council England (2010–present). She is a director and trustee of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. She was a senior advisor to the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson (2012–2016) and the co-founder and chairman of the London Music Fund (formerly the Mayor's Fund for Young Musicians), where she remains a Trustee & Chair. She is also a non-executive director of the Berkeley Group and an independent Director of Times Newspapers Holdings. Prior to this, she was the editor of the ''Evening Standard'' (2002–2009) and previously deputy editor of ''The Daily Telegraph''. Early life and career Wadley was born in Chelsea to Lieutenant Colonel Neville Pierce Wadley, MC, and Anne, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hautayne Bowring, Royal Field Artillery, of a landed gentry family of Larkbeare, Exeter descended from Sir John Bowring, fourth Governor of Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
