LILLEY, Rt Hon Peter

Member for Hitchin and Harpenden since 1997, for St Albans 1983-87. Committees: Co-Chair, Trade out of Poverty All-Party Parliamentary Group since 2009; Chairman, Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group since 2006; Secretary, Conservative Energy Committee 1983-84; Member, Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee 1983-84. Political career: Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party 1997-99; Secretary of State for Social Security 1992-97; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1990-92; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1989-90; Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1987-89; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1984-87; PPS to William Waldegrave and Lord Bellwin, Ministers of Local Government 1984; Consultant Director, Conservative Research Department 1979-83; Chair, Bow Group 1973-75; Parliamentary Candidate for Haringey, Tottenham 1974. Special political interests: Economic policy. Profession/Trade: Non-executive Director, Melchior Japan Investment Trust plc, Idox plc and Tethys Petroleum Limited; Director, Greenwell Montagu Stockbrokers 1986-87; economic adviser in underdeveloped countries. Education: Clare College, Cambridge; Dulwich College. Affiliations: Institute of Physics; Institute of Petroleum; Member, Carlton Club and Beefsteak Club. b. 23 August 1943. Married.