Lord Dholakia

DHOLAKIA (Life Baron), Navnit Dholakia; cr. 1997
Lord Dholakia
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Councils, public bodies

Councillor County Borough of Brighton 1961-64;
Member Lord Hunt's Committee on Immigration and Youth Service 1967-69;
Secretary, Race and Community Relations Panel, Liberal Party 1969-74;
Member Board of Visitors, HM Prison Lewes 1978-95;
JP Mid Sussex 1978;
Member:
Home Office Inter-departmental Committee on Racial Attacks and Harassment 1987-92,
Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee of Judicial Studies Board 1992-96,
Sussex Police Authority 1991-94;
DL West Sussex 1999-;
Member:
Lord Carlisle's Committee on Parole Systems Review,
Home Secretary's Race Forum 1999-;
Vice Chair Policy Research Institute on Aging and Ethnicity;
Member Governing Body, Commonwealth Institute 1999-;
Liberal Democrat member House of Lords Appointments Commission 2000-;
Trustee Police Foundation 2004-
  

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Dholakia, of Waltham Brooks in the County of West Sussex 1997
  

Lords career

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs 1998-2007;
Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip 1998-2002;
Member, House of Lords Appointments Commission 2000-;
Deputy Leader Liberal Democrat Peers 2004-;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Communities 2007-
  

Lords Select Committees

Co-opted member European Communities Sub-committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 1997-2000;
Member:
House of Lords Offices,
Sub-committee on Lords' Interests 2008-
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair:
India Group 2000-,
Israel Group 2005-,
Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in the Developing World/Pneumonia Group 2007-,
Ethiopia Group 2009-,
Cyber-Security Group 2010-
  

Political interests

Home affairs
  

Party posts

Chair:
Brighton Young Liberals 1959-62,
Brighton Liberal Association 1962-64;
Secretary, Race and Community Relations Panel, Liberal Party 1969-74;
Member:
Liberal Democrat Federal Policy Committee 1996-97,
Federal Executive Committee;
President:
Liberal Democrat Party 2000-04,
Liberal Democrat Federal Conference Committee 2001-
  

House of Lords

The Lord Dholakia OBE DL
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 5203
Fax: 020 7219 3423
dholakian@parliament.uk