Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich
The Lord McColl of Dulwich | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 29 July 1989 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ian McColl 6 January 1933 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | |
Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, CBE, FKC (born 6 January 1933), is a British surgeon, professor, politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. McColl was made a life peer for his work for disabled people in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1989, which was gazetted on 29 July 1989 with the style and title of Baron McColl of Dulwich, of Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark.[1] He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister John Major (of which he served concurrently with John Ward MP) from 1994 to 1997 for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997.[2]
From 1997 to 2000, he was a Shadow Minister for Health. He is also a trustee and surgeon to the international charity Mercy Ships.[3]
McColl was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow, and St. Paul's School, London. He studied medicine at the University of London and was Professor of surgery at Guy's Hospital until 1998. He is a Fellow of King's College London, where he continues to teach on the Guy's Campus.[3]
Legislative proposals
[edit]In June 2015, he introduced a private member's bill to prohibit the advertising of prostitution, the Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill 2015–16.[4]
On 26 June 2017, he introduced the Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill, a private member's bill to "make provision about identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery".[5][6] The Bill completed its House of Lords stages on 10 May 2018 and was presented to the House of Commons on 18 May 2018. The Bill would amend the period of assistance and support offered to victims with a conclusive grounds status to 12 months after a 45-day period of "reflection and recovery" ends.[7] The same Bill was re-introduced for a First Reading in the House of Lords on 13 January 2020, and, as of 27 October 2022, is in the Second Reading in the House of Lords.[8]
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References
[edit]- ^ "No. 51824". The London Gazette. 28 July 1989. p. 8781.
- ^ "No. 54850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1997. p. 8912.
- ^ a b "Professor The Lord McColl of Dulwich CBE". The Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill [HL] 2015-16". www.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
A Bill to prohibit the advertising of prostitution; and for connected purposes.
- ^ "Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill [HL] - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill [HL] 2017-19 — UK Parliament". services.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Counsel, Parliamentary (17 May 2018). "Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill [HL] - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
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