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Edinburgh Corporation 1970-75,
Lothian Regional Council 1974-79;
Chair:
Lothian Region Education Committee 1974-79,
Education Committee, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities 1975-78;
JP, Edinburgh 1975 | | | | | | Contested Edinburgh West 1970 and Edinburgh Pentlands October 1974 general elections. MP (Labour) for South Ayrshire 1979-83, for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 1983-2005;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Europe 1983-85,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1985-92,
Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control 1992-93,
Overseas Development 1994-97;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of International Development 1997-2001;
Minister of State, Scotland Office 2001-02 | | | | | | Raised to the peerage as Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, of Cumnock in East Ayrshire 2005 | | | | | | Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 2007- | | | | | | Co-opted member European Union Sub-committee F (Home Affairs) 2006-07;
Member National Security Strategy Joint Committee 2010- | | | | | | Vice-chair:
British Virgin Islands Group 2005-,
Central America Group 2006-;
Chair:
Dominican Republic Group 2006-,
Belize Group 2007- | | | | | | International development, foreign affairs, devolution, energy, human rights, defence, Scotland, financial regulation | | | | | | Caribbean, China, EU, Latin America, Russia | | | | | | Chair, Labour Campaign for a Scottish Parliament -1997;
Member, Co-operative Party | | | | | | Delegate, Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and Western European Union 1979-80, 2004-;
Executive Member:
UK Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1989-97,
British Section of Inter-Parliamentary Union 1989-97,
Socialist International 2004-08 | | | | | | MSP for Lothians region since 3 May 2007 (sits as George Foulkes) | | | House of Lords | | | Rt Hon the Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3474
foulkesg@parliament.uk
www.lordfoulkes.com
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