Ann Taylor
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Ann Taylor was a Labour MP from 1974 to 2005, when she entered the House of Lords as Baroness Taylor of Bolton.[1]
She was chair of the intelligence and security committee between 2001 and 2005, and was Minister for Defence Equipment for a year until 2008 and became Minister for International Defence and Security until the May 2010 election.[2] Taylor was also chief whip under Tony Blair when the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) was passed. [3]
In December 2010 she joined the arms contractor Thales, which was part of the consortium supplying two aircraft carriers that were £1.541bn over budget.[4] The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments saw no reason why she should not accept the appointment on the condition that for 2 years after leaving office, she should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of her new employer. [5]
In 2015 she was approached by the Home Secretary Theresa May and accepted the job of chairing a joint committee on the investigatory powers bill, commonly referred to as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’. [6]
Notes
- ↑ Baroness Taylor of Bolton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 December 2010.
- ↑ Rajeev Syal and Solomon Hughes, Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend,guardian.co.uk, 17 December 2010.
- ↑ Rowena MasonTheresa May to appoint Labour peer to scrutinise snooper's charter,guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 October 2015.
- ↑ Rajeev Syal and Solomon Hughes, Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend,guardian.co.uk, 17 December 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Annual Report 2010-11
- ↑ Rowena MasonTheresa May to appoint Labour peer to scrutinise snooper's charter,guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 October 2015.
