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| − | Baroness | + | [[Barbara Scott Young|Baroness Young of Old Scone]] was made a labour peer in 1997. Originally from Perth in Scotland she was educated at [[University of Strathclyde]] and [[Edinburgh University]] before becoming a health service manager. Young then, in 1991, became chief executive of [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] where she has been credited for increasing the membership and making the charity a more comercial enterprise. |
Baroness Young has recieved much criticism for the extent of recent floods in Southern England, as head of the [[Environment Agency]] she has been criticised for not doing more to prevent the floods in May 2007. <ref> Sarah Mukherjee, BBC News Website 27th July 2007 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6919824.stm In the eye of a storm] accessed 6th June 2008 </ref>. | Baroness Young has recieved much criticism for the extent of recent floods in Southern England, as head of the [[Environment Agency]] she has been criticised for not doing more to prevent the floods in May 2007. <ref> Sarah Mukherjee, BBC News Website 27th July 2007 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6919824.stm In the eye of a storm] accessed 6th June 2008 </ref>. | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 6 June 2008
Baroness Young of Old Scone was made a labour peer in 1997. Originally from Perth in Scotland she was educated at University of Strathclyde and Edinburgh University before becoming a health service manager. Young then, in 1991, became chief executive of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds where she has been credited for increasing the membership and making the charity a more comercial enterprise. Baroness Young has recieved much criticism for the extent of recent floods in Southern England, as head of the Environment Agency she has been criticised for not doing more to prevent the floods in May 2007. [1].
Current Positions
- Institute of Public Policy Research, Trustee
- Environment Agency, Head since 2000
Former Positions
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Chief Executive
- English Nature 1998-2000
- BBC Board of Goveners
References
- ↑ Sarah Mukherjee, BBC News Website 27th July 2007 In the eye of a storm accessed 6th June 2008
