Select Committee on Digital Skills - Report of Session 2014–15
Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Members
Lord Aberdare
Earl of Courtown
Baroness Garden of Frognal (resigned 4 November 2014)
Lord Giddens
Lord Haskel
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Lord Janvrin
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lord Lucas
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Baroness Morgan of Huyton (Chairman)
Baroness O’Cathain
Declared Interests
Lord Aberdare
Digital Industries Ambassador, e-skills UK (unpaid)
Earl of Courtown
None relevant to inquiry
Baroness Garden of Frognal (until 4 November 2014)
None relevant to inquiry
Lord Giddens
Patron, Keeping In Touch (IT for people in care homes; charity)
Lord Haskel
Board Member, Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST)
Honorary President, Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
Lord Holmes of Richmond
None relevant to inquiry
Lord Janvrin
Deputy Chairman, HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd
Chair of Trustees, Entente-Cordiale Scholarship Scheme
Chair of Trustees, The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry
Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Turkey
Trustee, National Portrait Gallery
Trustee, Gurkha Welfare Trust
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
None relevant to inquiry
Lord Lucas
A founder of Behind the Screen (the e-skills UK programme that is now run in over 500 schools)
Closely involved with digital skills via The Good Careers Guide
Employer of Philip Virgo as a researcher (who is active in the digital skills space)
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Non-Executive Director, Scottish Power
Senior Adviser, Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Adviser, Board, Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) (charity)
Board Member, Teaching Leaders (middle school leaders’ training; charity)
Chair, Future Leaders (head teacher training; charity)
Chairman, Ofsted (until the end of August 2014)
Member, Advisory Committee, Board of Virgin Group Holdings Ltd (holding company)
Member of Council, King’s College, University of London
Non-Executive Director, Carphone Warehouse
Non-Executive Director, Infinis Energy plc
Baroness O’Cathain
None relevant to inquiry
A full list of Members’ interests can be found in the Register of Lords’ Interests: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/
Dr Carl Frey, Specialist Adviser
None relevant to inquiry
Andy Westwood, Specialist Adviser
Board Member, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
Board Member, WonkHE (higher education news blog)
Chair, LLAKES Research Centre at Institute of Education (provider of teacher training and education research)
Chair, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Forum on Social Innovation
Chief Executive, GuildHE (membership body including universities and colleges that provide a range of programmes and courses, including art & design, computer gaming and teacher training)
Former political adviser, Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills
PhD student and lecturer, Cardiff University
Professor, Winchester University (provider of teacher training and other courses)
Committee visit to the Hartree Centre, Wednesday 22 October 2014
The Hartree Centre provided the delegation with a buffet lunch and taxi transportation between the Centre and local railway station