Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley is the Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone and a member of the House of Lords, and the wife of Member of Parliament Peter Bottomley. She formerly served as Secretary of State for National Heritage, under John Major, as and a Conservative Party MP.

While in Parliament, she served as an officer of the following parliamentary groups:


 * Childhood and Adult Sexual Abuse APPG
 * Pharmaceutical Industry APPG
 * Social Science and Policy APPG
 * Tourism APPG
 * Town and Country APPG

Affiliations

 * Director, Bupa
 * Chancellor, University of Hull
 * Council, London School of Economics
 * Advisory Trustee, International Business Leaders Forum
 * Trustee, The Economist newspaper
 * Governor, Ditchley Foundation
 * Patron, Volunteering England

Register of Members Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
 * Member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel; Dutch multinational company.
 * International Resources Group Ltd. (Odgers Ray and Berndston); executive recruitment consultancy.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
 * Partner: Odgers Ray and Berndtson.

6. Overseas visits
 * October 2002, to Canada, to address Ditchley Conference on future of health care funding. Travel and accommodation paid for by Ditchley Foundation. (Registered 22 October 2002)

8. Land and Property
 * Income from house sharing in London and occasional holiday letting of properties in Isle of Wight and Surrey.