The Rt Hon the Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, OBE

    The Rt Hon the Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, OBE's Biography

    Forename(s)
    Anne Gibson
    Sex
    Female
    Decorations
    OBE (1998)
    Date of Birth
    10/12/1940
    Foretitle(s)
    Baroness (Life Peer UK 2000), of Market Rasen in the County of Lincolnshire;
    Surname
    GIBSON OF MARKET RASEN
    Style
    The Rt Hon the Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, OBE
    Recreations
    reading, theatre, knitting, embroidery

    The Rt Hon the Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, OBE's Professional Career

    Career
    full-time organiser Lab Pty (Saffron Walden) 1965-70, researcher House Magazine (jl of Houses of Parliament) 1975-77, Party candidate (Lab) Bury St Edmunds 1979, asst/asst sec and dep head Orgn and Industrial Rels Dept TUC (with special responsibility for equal rights area of work) 1977-87; nat offr Amicus with special responsibility for: voluntary sector and equal rights section 1987-96, policy and political work 1996-2000; memb: Gen Cncl TUC 1989-2000, Dept of Employment Advsy Gp on Older Workers 1993-96, Bd Bilbao Agency 1996-2000, Trade Union Sustainable Devpt Ctee 1999-2000, Parly and Scientific Ctee; memb Lab Pty: NEC Women's Ctee 1990-98, Nat Constitutional Ctee 1997-2000, Lab Pty Policy Reform 1998-2000, Foreign and Commonwealth Affrs Gp, Home Affrs Gp, Lab Pty Defence Gp; Equal Opportunities cmmr 1991-98, Health and Safety cmmr 1996-2000, dep Lord speaker 2008-; memb All-Pty Parly Gps: Adoption, Bolivia (chair), Brazil, Violence and Bullying at Work (chair), Arts and Heritage, Asthma, BBC, Breast Cancer, Children, Corporate Social Responsibility (dep chair), Insurance and Fin Servs, Latin America (dep chair), Rail Freight, Safety and Health, Sex Equality, TU Gp of MPs, Rural Affrs, Food & Health Forum (treas); memb: Sub-Ctee F (social affrs, environment, educn and home affrs) Select Ctee on the EU 2001-05, Constitutional Bill Select Ctee, Lords Reform Ctee, BBC Charter Review Select Ctee 2005-06, Link Standing Ctee on Consumer Issues 2006-, Jt Lords and Commons Constitutional Renewal Ctee 2008-10; chair: UMIST Research Gp on Bullying at Work 2003-05, DTI Research Gp on Bullying at Work 2004-08; dep chm House of Lords; memb English Beef and Lamb Exec (EBLEX); pres:Yeadon Air Training Cadets 2002-, RoSPA 2004-08 (dep chair 2001-04); memb: Air League Cncl 2005-, Air Cadet Cncl 2006-, Fawcett Soc, Fabian Soc, Unite (formerly Amicus); patron Happy Child 2010

    The Rt Hon the Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, OBE's Publications

    Books and Publications
    author numerous TUC and MSF Equal Opportunities Booklets incl Charter of Equal Opportunities For 1990s (1990); Disability and Employer - A Trade Union Guide (1989), Lesbian and Gay Rights in Employment (1990), Recruitment of Women Workers (1990), Part time Workers Rights (1991), Women in MSF (1991), Sexual Harassment at Work (1993), Caring - A Union Issue (1993)

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