Baroness Deech

Ruth Lynn Deech was born on the 29th April 1943 in Clapham London. She is a British Academic, lawyer and bioethicist.

Political Career

In 2005, it was announced that she would be made a lifetime peer as a crossbencher. On 5th of October, 2005 she was given the title Baroness Deech, of Cumnor in the County of Oxfordshire. During her time in parliament she has served on a number of committees.

From 2006-2010 she served on the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee. In 2007 she had a place on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryo’s bill Joint Committee. In 2010 she was also a member of the Communications Committee.

Education

Deech studied at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She graduated in 1965 with a first class honours. In 1991 she was made principal of the college.

Notable Work

Deech was a member of the University’s Hebdomadal Council of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority from 1994-2002. In 2002 she served a four year term as governor of the BBC. Furthermore, in the same year she made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

She has also served as the first Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education during the period from 2004-2008. This role involved her attempting to resolve student complaints from UK universities.

External Links

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-deech/3756