Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott
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Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott (born 20 March 1959) is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 and was elevated to the peerage in 2004. He has written on Russia, defence and energy, and works with a variety of companies in the field of non-renewable resource extraction.
The Lord Truscott | |
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Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 17 October 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bach |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | |
In office 10 November 2006 – 28 June 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Malcolm Wicks |
Succeeded by | Malcolm Wicks |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 June 2004 Life Peerage | |
Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire | |
In office 9 June 1994 – 10 June 1999 | |
Preceded by | Derek Prag |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Derek Truscott (1959-03-20) 20 March 1959 (age 65) Newton Abbot, Devon, England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Previously somewhat low-profile in British politics, Truscott made headlines in 2009 as one of four Labour peers named by the Sunday Times as being willing to accept money to help companies amend bills that would have an adverse effect on them.[1] He consequently became one of the first peers suspended from the House of Lords since the 17th century.