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* Chair of the intelligence and security committee between 2001 and 2005 | * Chair of the intelligence and security committee between 2001 and 2005 | ||
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Entered the House of Lords as Baroness Taylor of Bolton in 2005 where she held two ministerial briefs: | Entered the House of Lords as Baroness Taylor of Bolton in 2005 where she held two ministerial briefs: | ||
* Minister for Defence Equipment between 2007 and 2008 | * Minister for Defence Equipment between 2007 and 2008 | ||
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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]
Key parliamentary roles
- Shadow secretary of state from 1992 to 1995
- Chair of the intelligence and security committee between 2001 and 2005
- Chief whip under prime minister Tony Blair from 1998 to 2001.
Entered the House of Lords as Baroness Taylor of Bolton in 2005 where she held two ministerial briefs:
- Minister for Defence Equipment between 2007 and 2008
- Minister for International Defence and Security between 2008 and 2010 [2] [3]
Revolving door
Taylor joined the administrative board of the arms contractor Thales in 2010. Thales had been part of the consortium supplying two aircraft carriers that were £1.541bn over budget.[4]
The prime minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments at the time saw no reason why Taylor should not join the board of Thales, subject to ACOBA's usual two-year lobbying ban, whereby she should not be personally involved in lobbying UK ministers or Crown servants, including special advisers, on behalf of the arms firm. [5]
Chair of 'Snoopers Charter' committee
In 2015 Taylor was approached by the home secretary Theresa May and accepted the job of chairing a joint committee on the controversial investigatory powers bill, commonly referred to as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’. [6]
Notes
- ↑ Baroness Taylor of Bolton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 December 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
