Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

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id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_HeadingOne_ctlHeadingH1_h1Item"> Baroness Chalker of Wallasey </h1> <div id="biography-lord"> <div class="person"> <div class="photos"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120123120051im_/http://assets4.parliament.uk/ext/mlo-bio-person/www.dodonline.co.uk/photos/27116.jpg.jpg" id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlrBiography_imgPersonImage" alt="Lynda Chalker"/> </div> <div class="information"> <h2>Lynda Chalker</h2> <h3>Party</h3> <p>Conservative</p> <h3>Address as</h3> <p>Baroness Chalker</p> </div> </div> <h4 class="highlight">Contact details</h4> <strong>Westminster</strong> <p> House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW<br/> Tel: 020 7219 5098<br/> Fax: 020 7976 4999<br/> </p> <h4 id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlrBiography_bioH4" class="highlight">Biography</h4> <h4>Electoral history</h4> <p>MP (Conservative) for Wallasey February 1974-92</p> <h4>Parliamentary career</h4> <p>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Security 1979-82, Department of Transport: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1982-83, Minister of State 1983-86; Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1986-97, Deputy to Foreign Secretary 1987-97, Minister for Overseas Development 1989-92</p> <h4>Lords career</h4> <p>Minister of Overseas Development and Minister for Africa and Commonwealth, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1992-97</p> <h4>Party groups</h4> <p>National vice-chair, Young Conservatives 1970-71; Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group</p> <h4>Councils, public bodies</h4> <p>Member, BBC Advisory Committee 1974-76</p> <h4>International bodies</h4> <p>Adviser, World Bank 1997-; Co-ordinator, First Presidential Advisory Council on Investment for Nigeria/International Investor Council 2001-; Member: Kenyan National Economic and Social Council 2004-, Ugandan Presidential Investment Round Table 2004-, Tanzania National Business Council 2004-</p> <h4>Political interests</h4> <p>Voluntary sector, European co-operation, Africa, overseas development, trade, transport, construction</p> <h4>Countries of interest</h4> <p>Sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, Jordan</p> <h4>Name, style and title</h4> <p>Raised to the peerage as Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, of Leigh-on-Sea in the County of Essex 1992</p> <h4 id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlrBiography_interestsH4" class="highlight">Register of Interests</h4> <strong> 1: Directorships</strong> <p>Chairman, Pasco Risk Management Limited</p> <p>Group Five (Construction) (Pty) Ltd, South Africa</p> <strong> 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.</strong> <p>Lafarge et Cie, France (cement)</p> <p>Investment Climate Facility for Africa, Tanzania</p> <p>Global Leadership Foundation, Switzerland</p> <p>Member of Advisory Board, MerchantBridge & Co Ltd, London (investment company)</p> <p>8 Miles (private equity) Fund, London</p> <strong> 4: Shareholdings (a)</strong> <p>100% ownership of Africa Matters Ltd (see category 10(a))</p> <strong> 10: Non-financial interests (a)</strong> <p>Chairman, Africa Matters Ltd</p> <strong> 10: Non-financial interests (e)</strong> <p>Council Member, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)</p> <p>Vice President, RedR</p> <p>Vice President, WaterAid</p> <p>Trustee, Hives Save Lives Africa</p> </div> </div> <div id="panel"> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p class="marker">Footer links</p> <ul> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl01_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/azindex/">A-Z index</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl02_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/">Glossary</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl03_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/contact-us/">Contact us</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl04_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/">Freedom of Information</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl05_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/job-opportunities/">Jobs</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl06_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/using-this-website/">Using this website</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl07_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/">Copyright</a></li> <li class="last"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl08_hypLink" href="/web/20120123120051/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/privacy/">Cookies</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ Sys.Application.initialize(); //]]> </script> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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