APPENDIX 1: MEMBERS AND DECLARATIONS
OF INTEREST
Members
Rt Hon Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Rt Hon Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE (Chairman)
Baroness Eaton DBE
Viscount Eccles CBE
Baroness Hamwee
Baroness Howarth of Breckland OBE
Baroness King of Bow
Baroness Knight of Collingtree DBE
Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE
Lord Morris of Handsworth OJ
Baroness Walmsley
Rt Hon Lord Warner
Specialist Adviser
Professor Sonia Harris-Short, Professor of
Family Law and Policy, University of Birmingham
Declaration of Interests
Rt Hon Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Chair, the Cyrenians, Newcastle—among other
projects the Cyrenians run a residential centre for women with
addictions, and their children, trying to prevent the children
from entering the care system. No financial involvement.
Ambassador for Action for Children, a children's
charity that works with children in the care system. No financial
interest.
Rt Hon Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE
President of the Family Division until April 2005
in charge of appointing adoption Judges.
Sat as an adoption Judge and as an appeal Judge
on adoption.
Governor of Coram.
Patron of BAAF.
Past Patron of TACT
Trustee of Human Trafficking Foundation.
Informal work on trafficked children with Barnardo's.
Previous work on trafficking with NSPCC.
President of the Grandparents Association.
Served as independent member on the Conservative
Social Work Commission.
Baroness Eaton DBE
Elected member of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council.
Past Leader of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council.
Past Chairman of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council Social Services.
Past Chairman of the Local Government Association.
Viscount Eccles CBE
No relevant interests.
Baroness Hamwee
Patron, PAC.
Patron, Intercountry Adoption Centre.
Joint President, London Councils.
Past Council Member and Legal Adviser, Parents
for Children.
Past Member, Legal Group, British Association
for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).
Past Member, Social Services Committee, London
Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.
Past Member of adoption panel, London Borough
of Richmond-upon-Thames.
Baroness Howarth of Breckland OBE
Former Chair of Cafcass and deputy before that,
no present involvement.
Member of British Association of Social Workers
(BASW).
Associate, Association of Directors of Adult Social
Services.
Vice President of National Youth Advocacy Scheme.
Baroness King of Bow
Mother of three adopted children.
Baroness Knight of Collingtree DBE
No relevant interests.
Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE
Vice-President of Oxford Parent Infant Project.
Vice-President of Northampton Parent Infant Project.
Former Shadow Minister for Children, Schools and
Families.
Served on Conservative Social Work Commission.
Lord Morris of Handsworth OJ
No relevant interests.
Baroness Walmsley
Sister to an adopted brother.
Grandmother to an adopted granddaughter through
an overseas adoption (China).
Rt Hon Lord Warner
Director of social services, Kent County Council
1985-91.
A full list of Members' interests can be found in
the Register of Lords Interests: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg.htm
Professor Sonia Harris-Short
Authored publications on issues relating to adoption
law and policy and the accommodation of cultural and religious
diversity.
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