Richard Caborn

This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch.

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Richard Caborn (born 06 October 1943, Sheffield) was a British politician who was Labour MP for Sheffield Central from 1983 until his retirement at the 2010 general election. He also served a single term as an MEP from 1979 until 1984.

He formerly served as Trade Minister, as well as Minister of Sport from 2001 until 2007.

Caborn has been a director of Nuclear Management Partners since 2007.

Activities

In December 2010 Caborn was rebuked for breaching UK Parliamentary lobbying rules. The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee recommended suspending his parliamentary pass for six months.

In November 2007 Caborn became a non-executive director of Nuclear Management Partners, which manages the Sellafield nuclear complex and is an alliance formed by AMEC a construction firm in the nuclear industry; nuclear clean-up specialists Washington Group International (bought out by URS Corporation) and France's Areva.

Political career

Caborn left Parliament on 12 April 2010 and did not stand for re-election.

He served as the longest continuous Sports Minister from 2001-2007 at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Minister for Trade at the Department for Trade and Industry from 1999-2001 and from 1997-1999 was the Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning at the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1999. Richard was Chairman of the Trade and Industry Select Committee 1992-1995. He was a member of the Opposition Trade and Industry Team between 1987 and 1990 and is a former member of the European Economic Community Select Committee.

Affiliations

• Non-executive Director, Nuclear Management Partners (http://www.nuclearmanagementpartners.com/). Approved by ACOBA subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying Government or the UK National Decommissioning Authority on behalf of Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, or the members of the consortium which own it"
• Consultant to AMEC; remuneration range (£20,001-£25,000) according to the last MP's Register of Interests for which he gave details in April 2010. Role at AMEC was approved by ACOBA, subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying the Government or the UK National Decommissioning Authority on behalf of the company"
• Caborn is also a consultant to the Fitness Industry Association, a trade association. Remuneration range £10,001-£15,000 (April 2010)
• Football Foundation
• Chairman, Football, Social and Economic Forum Association of European Professional Football Leagues, appointed March 2008. Approved by ACOBA subject to 12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying Government Ministers or officials, including Special Advisers, on behalf of the association, or its members"
• Consultant, Fitness Industry Association, February 2008. Approved by ACOBA subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying Government Ministers or officials on behalf of the association, or its members."

External resources

• BBC, "Caborn to stand down as city MP," 13 September 2007, accessed 25 November 2008.

• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.