Jack Straw on Britain and Europe

6 December 2011, 6pm

The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP will hold his first UCL Lecture on the theme of 'Britain and Europe'.

Jack Straw has been the MP for Blackburn since 1979. He served under Tony Blair as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007.

From 2007 to 2010 he was Gordon Brown's Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Straw is one of only three Labour ministers to have served in Cabinet continuously from 1997 to 2010.

When the Labour Party lost power in May 2010, he briefly became the Shadow Lord Chancellor  and the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, but stood down from the frontbench after the Labour Party elected a new Shadow Cabinet later in 2010.

Jack Straw became a Visiting Professor at UCL in 2011, with a special interest in foreign affairs, and in constitutional and parliamentary reform.

Sir Stephen Wall, Chair of UCL Council, will act as discussant. The event will be chaired by Professor Robert Hazell, UCL Constitution Unit, School of Public Policy.

Venue:
UCL Anatomy JZ Young Theatre
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
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Followed by a reception in the Wilkins Terrace Restaurant, UCL.

This event is co-organised with the UCL Public Policy Events Series.