The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman, GBE

The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman, GBE's Biography

Forename(s)
Helene Valerie Hayman
Sex
Female
Decorations
GBE (2012), PC (2000)
Date of Birth
26/3/1949
Foretitle(s)
Baroness (Life Peer UK 1995), of Dartmouth Park in the London Borough of Camden; Dame
Surname
HAYMAN
Style
The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman, GBE

The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman, GBE's Professional Career

Career
worked successively with SHELTER (nat campaign for homeless), Camden Social Servs Dept then Nat Cncl for One Parent Families (dep dir) 1969-74, MP (Lab) Welwyn and Hatfield 1974-79, fndr memb Maternity Alliance and broadcaster 1979-85, vice-chm Bloomsbury HA 1985-92, cchm Whittington Hosp NHS Tst 1992-97, chm Cancer Research UK 2001-04; sat as Lab peer House of Lords 1995-2006, Parly under-sec of state DETR 1997-98, Parly under-sec of state Dept of Health 1998-99, min of state MAFF 1999-2001, Lord Speaker House of Lords 2006-; chair Human Tissue Authy 2005-06, memb Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authy 2005-06; former lay memb UCL Cncl; former chair of govrs Brookfield Sch; tstee: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2002-06, Sabin Vaccine Inst 2011-; patron Anne Frank Tst UK 2009-; hon degree: Univ of N London 1995, Univ of Middlesex 1996, Univ of Herts 1999, Univ of Wolverhampton 2007, Brunel Univ 2012; fell Newnham Coll Cambridge 2008

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