There are many all-party groups in Parliament. They draw on members from different parties, hence the name, as well as members from both Houses. Some, such as the all-party group on breast cancer, are especially active. Peers chair a good many groups. This week’s quiz focuses on all-party groups chaired by peers. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. I have served as a professor of palliative medicine and chair an all-party group related to dying. Who am I and what is the group?
2. I am a former Lord Spiritual and chair an all-party group designed to bring faiths together. Who am I and what is the group?
3. I chair the all-party group on drug abuse. Who am I?
4. I have served as President of the British Medical Association and chair the all-party group on Huntington’s Disease. Who am I?
This will be he last quiz of 2010. I presume readers wiil be busy with other activities over the festive season. I know I will be. One senior MP asked me what I was doing for Christmas and was a little surprised when I said that Christmas was a season for marking! A merry Christmas to all our readers.

1. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well
2. Lord Harries of Pentregarth. The All-Party Parliamentary Interfaith Group
3. Lord Mancroft
4. Lord Walton of Detchant
Merry Christmas, Lord Norton!
1. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well
2. Lord Harries of Pentregarth and the All-Party Parliamentary Interfaith Group
3. Lord Mancroft
4. Lord Walton of Detchant
1. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well
2. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Interfaith Group
3. Lord Mancroft (was vice chair until Dr Brian Iddon MP retired this year)
4. Lord Walton of Detchant
I wish I had your work ethic, Lord Norton! I can only really spend time on things I enjoy/find interesting… but perhaps you do enjoy marking(!)
A merry Christmas to you, your Peers, and my fellow commenters.
I wish I had your work ethic,
Club ethic.
Enjoy the season!
Congratulations to Emmy, Michael and Jonathan. All three have contributed to correct answers. As Emmy and Michael got in first, they are this week’s winners.
Chris K: Many thanks. Merry Christmas to you and all our readers.