Richard Caborn
Richard Caborn (born 06 October 1943, Sheffield) is a British politician who was the Labour MP for Sheffield Central from 1983-2010. He also served a single term as an MEP from 1979 until 1984.[1] He formerly served as Trade Minister, as well as Minister of Sport from 2001 until 2007.[2]
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 becaame 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, and fellow nuclear clean-up specialists Washington Group of the US and France's Areva.
Caborn is also a consultant to the Fitness Industry Association.
Affiliations
- Non-executive Director,[3] Nuclear Management Partners (http://www.nuclearmanagementpartners.com/) - Consortium promoting nuclear industry
Resources
- BBC, "Caborn to stand down as city MP," 13 September 2007, accessed 25 November 2008.
- Nuclear Management Partners, Company profile, 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.
Notes and References
- ↑ BBC website, Richard Caborn, 16 October 2002, accessed 25 November 2008.
- ↑ BBC, "Caborn to stand down as city MP," 13 September 2007, accessed 25 November 2008.
- ↑ Nuclear Management Partners, Company profile, accessed 25 November 2008.
