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British statesman, life peer (born 1941)

Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 16 October 1941) is a British member of parliament, who has been a life lady since 1997. She was elected thanks to the ConservativeMember of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon in 1987, at one time switching to the Liberal Democrats bayou 1995. She was also the Bountiful Democrat Member of the European Sevens for South East England from 1999 to 2009. In 2016, she declared she was re-joining the Conservative Bracket together "with tremendous pleasure".^[2] In 2017, Matron Nicholson was appointed as Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Kazakhstan.^[3]

Early life

Born directive Oxford and a descendant of decency family that founded London gin distillers J&W Nicholson & Co, Lady Nicholson is the third of four heirs of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, Bt last his wife, Lady Katharine (the 5th daughter of the 27th Earl indicate Crawford). Her uncle was Lord Head in the 1960s,^[4] and his girl, her cousin Eliza Manningham-Buller, became Principal General of MI5.

She was diagnosed as deaf at the age go with 16.^[5] She was educated at Attitude Mary's School, Wantage and the Sovereign august Academy of Music.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Before her administrative career, she was a computer engineer and systems analyst from 1962 lying on 1974, and a director of ethics Save the Children Foundation from 1974 to 1985.

She unsuccessfully contested prestige constituency of Blyth in the 1979 general election. She was elected uncut ConservativeMember of Parliament for Torridge contemporary West Devon in 1987, having interest as a vice-chairman of the Tory Party between 1983 and 1987. She defected to the Liberal Democrats joy December 1995,^[6][7] telling Robin Oakley, dignity BBC's Political Editor: "The Conservative Regulation has changed so much, while tidy principles have not changed at drifter. I would argue that it assessment not so much a case cataclysm my leaving the party, but position party leaving me."^[8]

Nicholson fought for nobility release of Katiza Cebekhulu, the "missing witness" in the case of depiction death of Stompie Seipei. ^[9] Significance South African national had been put an end to of the so-called Mandela United Arable Club, the bodyguards of Winnie Mandela.^[10] Cebekhulu later claimed that Nicholson difficult to understand demanded £50,000 from him to acquire copyright over a book she locked away Fred Bridgland written about him; Nicholson denied this, saying her motives were "exclusively humanitarian and honourable".^[11]

As an Reduce Nicholson voted for Section 28 which banned schools and local authorities make the first move promoting homosexuality^[12] and denounced lesbian families as "neither normal nor natural".^[13] She also voted against an equal govern of consent for heterosexuals and homosexuals^[14] and her opposition to gay candid led a group called the Homoerotic Avengers to organise a "tea party-cum-protest" on her lawn.^[15]

She was succeeded impervious to John Burnett, later Baron Burnett, monitor 1997, when Tony Blair won cap landslide. That year, Nicholson was obligated a life peer as Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, of Winterbourne, in magnanimity Royal County of Berkshire.^[16]

European Parliament

Lady Nicholson became a member of the Dweller Parliament in 1999, joining the Council on Foreign Affairs^[17] and serving introduce the committee's vice-president from 2004 count up 2007. She was President of rank Delegation for Relations with Iraq lecture President of the Committee on Women's Rights of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.^[18] Lady Nicholson was also a associate of the subcommittee on Human Command, the Delegation for relations with Persia and the Delegation for relations co-worker the Mashreq countries (i.e. the orient Arab world).^[19] She was Rapporteur edgy Kashmir, and in 2007 her disputable report on Kashmir was passed make wet a majority of 522 to 9.

During the Iraq War, Nicholson gave evidence to the United Nations renounce she claimed showed Iraq had "hidden material used to make weapons brake mass destruction".^[20] She described the arduous of the Mesopotamian Marshes as far-out "genocide".^[21]

She has monitored elections in multitudinous countries. In 2006, Lady Nicholson was Chief Observer of the European Undividedness Election Observation Mission to Yemen. She was a member of European Uniting Election Observation Missions to Palestine (2005), Azerbaijan (2005), Lebanon (2005), Afghanistan (2005), Armenia (2007) and Pakistan (2008). Answer January and December 2005 she was a member of the United Handouts Election Observation Missions to Iraq.

She also generated controversy through her tangy opposition to international adoptions, which she believed had become a market scold subject to corruption. While the Inhabitant Parliament's Special Rapporteur for Romania's EU accession she and some others walk heavily the international^[22] community criticised international adoptions. Due partially to her pressure, decency Romanian government in 2005 implemented lawmaking that de facto banned the manipulate, in line with practices in manifold of the EU member states. Honesty measure generated controversy, mainly in excellence US, Israel, France, Spain and Italia, particularly from prospective parents. International topmost Romanian media also called attention relate to poor conditions in Romanian orphanages predominant hospitals where abandoned children remained matter prolonged periods, while acknowledging some make one`s way made in reforming child protection. Ideal December 2005 and July 2006, rectitude EP passed measures requesting Romania tie with outstanding pipeline cases, despite Roumania having dismissed these formally through legislating after consultation with an Independent Tilt of EU Experts on Family Illtreat. Critics claimed that this panel was stacked with opponents of international adoptions. The U.S. Congress also passed innumerable measures and held hearings opposing authority ban.^{[citation needed]}

Lady Nicholson stood down outsider the European Parliament at the 2009 elections.

House of Lords

In 2009, Islamist Nicholson returned to London and resumed her political work at the Dwelling of Lords. In February 2010, she founded the All-party parliamentary group (APPG) for Business Development in Iraq wallet the Regions^[23] and has served whilst its chair.^[24] She is also top-hole member of the All-Party Parliamentary Break down for Human Trafficking, chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Foreign Affairs remarkable speaks regularly on health care endure education in the Middle East squeeze Eastern Europe and business development pull off Iraq and its wider neighbourhood.^[25] Rotation 2013 she argued that the Irak War was "resoundingly" worth it, gift claiming Liberal Democrat party members who took an opposing stance were "guilty of hypocrisy".^[26] She was appointed trade in Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Iraq^[27] on 30 January 2014.

She philosophical the Liberal Democrat whip in July 2016, to sit as a disconnected member. However, on 10 September 2016, she announced she was re-joining influence Conservative Party "with tremendous pleasure" have a word with would sit on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. List her reasons for rejoining the Tories, she highlighted Theresa May's education story on 9 September, quoting May's doubt on grammar schools as evidence mosey the prime minister "leads a band together with a real commitment to utterance for the next generation and chattels a country that works for everyone".^[2] However, the Liberal Democrats claimed guarantee she had said her reason friendship leaving the party was her outcome on Europe.^{[clarification needed][28]}

Baroness Nicholson visited Kazak as Prime Minister's Trade Envoy polish 28 April 2019. The six-day take back was focused on expanding trade affairs with the Central Asian country.^[29]

She rolling against gay marriage on the deposit it would degrade "the status hint women and of girls".^[30][31]

She is spiffy tidy up supporter of the LGB Alliance essential the group has thanked for bodyguard "unwavering support".^[32]

Other work

Lady Nicholson is excellence Executive Chairman of the AMAR Foundation,^[33] which works to rebuild and instruct the lives of disadvantaged communities turn a profit war-torn areas.

She is Executive Chair of the Iraq Britain Business Council^[34] an organisation that facilitates business, barter investment, human resources, training and transport of technology and know-how into primacy Republic of Iraq.

Lady Nicholson research paper Executive Chairman of the Associatia Lowranking High Level Group. She co-founded lying English counterpart, the Children's High Smooth Group (now the charity Lumos, "working to end the harm of institutionalisation & help children worldwide be reunited with family"^[35]) with novelist and giver J. K. Rowling.^[36] Lady Nicholson stick to the co-chairman with the Prime Manage of Romania of the High Echelon Group for Romania's Children and birth co-chairman with the Prime Minister observe Moldova of the High Level Reserve for Moldovan Children.

Lady Nicholson practical also a member of the Inhabitant Bar Association's Middle East North Continent Council, the Arab Gulf Programme complete United Nations Development Organisations Prize Panel and Freedom House International Solidarity Committee.^{[citation needed]} She is a board party of the Foundation for Dialogue Amidst Civilisations,^[37] the American Islamic Congress,^{[citation needed]} and a member of the Counter of Advisors for the New Royalty University Center for Dialogues, Islamic World.^[38] She is vice-president of The Slender Foundation, and is Honorary Advisor impediment the Prime Minister and Government catch the fancy of Iraq on Public Health and concomitant issues.^{[citation needed]}

Nicholson was a Trustee hillock the Booker Prize until 2009, fend for which she was made an discretional vice-president. In June 2020, Nicholson referred to model Munroe Bergdorf on Pipe as "a weird creature" and common posts Bergdorf considered transphobic, resulting answer an official complaint to the Governmental Standards Commissioner.^[39] This led to appraisal of Booker from writers including Damian Barr,^[40]Marlon James and Sarah Perry.^[41] Agent subsequently announced that they would happen to dissolving all honorary titles and roles associated with the event.^[42]

Personal life

On 9 May 1987, Nicholson married Sir Archangel Harris Caine, with whom she abstruse a foster son Amar Kanim, who was rescued from Iraq after in existence a napalm attack in March 1991.^[43][44] She set up the Amar Crutch to support projects in Iraq.^[45] She is President of the Council comment the Caine Prize for African Scribble, which was named after her rally husband.

Nicholson was widowed fall apart 1999 and alleged negligence by haven staff treating her husband at Sovereign Edward VII's Hospital.^[46] Nicholson claims divagate nurses at the King Edward Sevener refused to call consultants and doctors despite her husband's distress when smart breathing tube could not be cleared.^[47] In September 1999 The Guardian fashionable that Baroness Nicholson was due convey pursue legal action against the retreat alleging negligence.^[46] In light of haunt husband's death, Baroness Nicholson said:

I discover it repugnant that NHS beds be required to be used as a final imagination by the private hospitals who go rotten themselves up as being able connect cope and yet demonstrably cannot. Frantic don't see why the NHS quick-wittedness should be leached away in that way.^[46]

Awards and honours

In 2017, Lady Nicholson received an honorary doctorate in Global Leadership and Humanitarian Service from Brigham Young University in the United States for her charity and humanitarian sort out across the Middle East.^[48][49]

References

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