‘Good evening Mr Bond’. Given the participation of James Bond, and the Queen, in the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, I thought it appropriate for this quiz to focus on members of Her Majesty’s security services, as well as the police, who have been made members of the House of Lords. The most high profile member of the security services to join the House in recent years has been Baroness Manningham-Buller, head of MI5 from 2002 to 2007. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. I served in the Stockholm embassy and the Helsinki embassy before becoming a Counsellor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I sit on the Labour benches. Who am I?
2. Prior to being elevated to the Lords, this peer served in MI6 and had postings in Moscow, Hanoi and Ulam Bator, among other places. She contributed to debates in the House on security and international relations until her death a couple of years ago. Who was she?
3. I am a member of the House of Lords and a serving police officer. Who am I?
4. I served in the Metropolitan Police for more than thirty years, including as a Chief Superintendent at a time when there were not many female Chief Superintendents. Who am I?
5. I am a former Chief Constable and served for seven years as HM Inspector of Constabularly. I hold the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery. I contribute regularly to debates on policing and security. Who am I?
1. Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
2. Baroness Park of Monmouth
3. Earl of Rosslyn
4. Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
5. Lord Dear
1. Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
2. Baroness Park of Monmouth
3. Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn
4. Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
5. Baron Dear
Since “Security” of a Nation (
such as Britain)
must be at least on one hand “LifePlace*”
as well as on the other hand “National-Defence-Place”
(the latter as presumably rightly covered by your current Quiz, Lord Norton)
then surely we need at least the House of Lords to have a strong body of “LifePlace: Security and Supportive-Policing” experts,
‘permanently’ seated there ?
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* LifePlace = where we spend 75% of our lifetime ‘living’ (and spending money) as distinct from ‘working’;
and where crucially the ‘poorest’ populations need help
to pursue and master generic life-enablers such as
“The New Rules of Posture” (Mary Bond”;
“Mindfulness –“ DVD meditations by Profs Williams and Jon Kabat Zinn);
“Six Thinking Hats” (Edward de Bono);
“Method III Cooperative Problem Solving” (Thomas Gordon);
“How To Win Every Argument” (Madsen Pirie);
“Inner Focus, Outer Strength” (Eric Franklin);
“Relaxercise” (Bersin, Bersin & Reese – following Moshe feldenkrais’s work);
And such longstanding classics as
“The Thinking Body” (Mabel Todd);
“Effort” (Laban & Lawrence);
“Your Body: biofeedback at its best without instruments” (Beata Jencks);
“Your Body Never Lies” (Michio Kushi);
all of which are being neglected and rejected by British Education, Governance, Religions, Community, Mainstream NHS, Alternative Health, and Community, sectors;
throughout these Isles and throughout The British Commonwealth;
a “Britain” that has a 40 hour Workplace week,
but at weekends shuts-down for 67 hours as far as providing lifesupports-security for the disadvantaged is concerned,
does not have a “secure” Lifeplace;
no matter how strong its
“Workplace & National Defence Security and Policing (and representation thereof in the House)”.
Surely ?
I presumptuously insert myself to say that this is one of the not so rare quizzes that came on a day when I thought there might not be any, Perhaps this is the fourth time the same confusion has excluded me from one I might have had a go at solving. Such basic failure seems incompatible with ever winning (but I have won twice).
1.
2. Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth
3. Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn
4. Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
5. Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear
George Thomas, late lord Tonypandy’s nephew was a serving police man, frequently in the Houses of parliament, and becme the 2nd Lord Tonypandy. Then they got rid of hereditaty peers and he has never been elected as such.
I don’t think he dide both things at the same time!
I don’t tire of telling people because I knew them both moderately well,at the time, as a serving Welsh man.
@Gareth Howell: I thought the Viscountcy of Tonypandy was with remainder to his sons only, so became extinct. Otherwise the nephew would have had nearly two years in the House.
In that case he did.
He had no sons. He was totally dedicated to parliament.
Congratulations to Jonathan and helenfin, who are the winners. They both got in first with a complete set of correct answers. A.B was 80% of the way there…
As the answers indicate, the serving police officer is one of the remaining hereditary peers. He also has the distinction of not having updated his photograph in Dod’s Parliamentary Companion for what appears to be a considerable number of years!