Baroness Flather

FLATHER (Life Baroness), Shreela Flather; cr. 1990
Baroness Flather
Crossbench
  

Councils, public bodies

JP, Maidenhead 1971-90;
Councillor, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 1976-91:
Mayor 1986-87;
Senior posts in numerous organisations involved in refugee, community, carer, race relations and prison work, including
Member:
Commission for Racial Equality 1980-86,
BBC South and East Regional Advisory Council 1987-89,
Social Security Advisory Committee 1987-90;
Vice-chair Refugee Council 1991-94;
Governor Commonwealth Institute 1993-98;
President Ethics Committee Broadmoor Hospital 1993-97;
DL, Berkshire 1994-;
Chair Alcohol Education and Research Council 1995-2001;
Joint President, Family Planning Association 1995-98;
Member Council of University College London 2000-06
  

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Flather, of Windsor and Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire 1990
  

Lords Select Committees

Member:
European Communities Sub-committee C 1990-95,
Medical Ethics 1993-94,
Intergovernmental Organisations 2007-08
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair Humanist Group 2001-;
Secretary Population, Development and Reproductive Health Group 2001-;
Vice-chair Armenia Group 2004-;
Vice-President India Group 2006-;
Vice-chair Pro-Choice and Sexual Health Group 2007-
  

Political interests

Role of 4 million Indians in two world wars, empowerment of women in South Asia and Africa, family planning
  

Countries of interest

Indian sub-continent including Burma
  

Party posts

Member:
Conservative Women's National Committee 1978-88,
Anglo-Asian Conservative Society 1979-83,
National Union Executive Committee of Conservative Party 1989-90;
Resigned the Conservative Whip December 1998, rejoined November 1999, moved to cross benches 2008
  

International bodies

UK Representative on EU Advisory Commission on Racism and Xenophobia 1995-97;
UK Member, Economic and Social Committee European Community 1987-90
  

House of Lords

The Baroness Flather DL
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

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