Lord Carlile of Berriew

CARLILE OF BERRIEW (Life Baron), Alexander Charles Carlile; cr. 1999
Lord Carlile of Berriew
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Councils, public bodies

Member Council of Justice;
Lay member General Medical Council 1989-99;
Member Advisory Council on Public Records 1989-95;
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation;
Chairman (part-time) Competition Appeals Tribunal 2006-;
President Howard League for Penal Reform 2006-
  

Commons Career

Contested (Lib) Flint East, February 1974 and 1979 general elections;
MP for Montgomery 1983-97 (Lib 1983-88, Lib Dem 1988-97);
Liberal Spokesperson for Home Affairs, Law 1985-88;
Alliance Spokesperson for Legal Affairs 1987;
SLD Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1988-89;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Legal Affairs 1989-90,
Trade and Industry 1990-92,
Wales 1992-97,
Employment 1992-94,
Health 1994-95,
Justice, Home Affairs and Immigration 1995-97
  

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys 1999
  

Lords career

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Mental Health and Disability 2007-
  

Lords Select Committees

Chair Mental Health Bill Joint Committee 2005-06
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair War Crimes Group 2000-;
Secretary Middle Way Group 2000-;
Vice-chair British Victims of Terror Group 2007-;
Treasurer Suicide Prevention Group 2008-
  

Political interests

Home affairs, agriculture, legal affairs, United Nations, arts, Wales, mental health, medical profession
  

Countries of interest

Central and Eastern Europe
  

Party posts

Chair, Welsh Liberal Party 1980-82;
Leader, Welsh Liberal Democrat Party 1992-97;
President, Liberal Democrats Wales 1997-99
  

House of Lords

The Lord Carlile of Berriew QC
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 5535
carlilea@parliament.uk