NATO's Parlamentariske Forsamling 2012-13
NPA Alm.del Bilag 6
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Hugh Bayley’s ExperienceINTERNATIONAL BODIESNATO Parliamentary AssemblyVice President (2010-12)Chairman, Economics and Security Committee (2008-11)General Rapporteur, Economics and Security Committee (2005-08)Member, North Atlantic Assembly (1997-99) and NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2001-12)As a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, I:Obtained the NATO Secretary General’s agreement that his secretariat will report ondefence budgets and burden sharing to the Assembly;Made the case for NATO to publish an Annual Report, which it now does;Secured agreement from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Bureau for the Assembly topropose that NATO should publish its accounts and to subject them to fully independentexternal audit (as occurs with defence spending in member states).
OSCE Parliamentary AssemblyMember (2001-07)
Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMFChairman (2007-10)International Board Member (2007-12)
Commonwealth Parliamentary AssociationInternational Executive Committee Member (2010-12)
UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENTMember of Parliament for York since 1992Deputy Speaker (2010)Chairman of Public Bill Committees (2005-12)Chairman, Africa All Party Parliamentary Group (2003-12)Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch (2006-08)Chairman, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (2005-09)Member, International Development Committee (2001-12)Member, Health Committee (1992-97)As an MP, I have argued successfully to change the law, for example, to:Require UK foreign aid to be used to reduce poverty in developing countries;Make transnational bribery illegal;Ban tobacco advertising;Increase the criminal penalties for child abduction, and carrying weapons.
As a Committee Chairman, I have argued successfully for new procedures to give Members ofParliament greater opportunities to scrutinise the Government.
UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENTMinister for Social SecurityMinister for VeteransParliamentary Private Secretary, Department of HealthMember of Cabinet CommitteesAs a Minister, I was responsible, for example, for:Reducing child poverty in the UK;Improving welfare for war veterans and people with disabilities;Safeguarding critical computer systems from the ‘millennium bug’.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTBoard Member, York Health AuthorityCouncillor, London Borough of Camden:oChairman of the Labour GroupoChairman of the Employment and Economic Development CommitteeoChairman of the Race and Community Relations Committee
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTNational and Regional Trade Union (NALGO) negotiator for health service employees (1975-82)Television Producer, created an independent television production company (IBT) makingdocumentary programmes for TV broadcast in the UK (also in Canada, Norway, Brazil andother countries) (1982-86)Research Fellow and Lecturer in Economics and Social Policy, University of York (1986-92)
EDUCATION, PUBLICATIONS, THINK TANKS, CAMPAIGNINGB.Phil in African Studies, University of YorkB.Sc in Politics and Sociology, University of BristolArticles, pamphlets/books on foreign policy, defence and domestic politicsBoard member, Overseas Development Institute (an international development think tank)Board member, International Service (an international development agency)National Committee, Anti-Apartheid Movement
