GEORGE, Bruce Rt Hon

Member for Walsall South since 1974. Committees: Chairman, House of Commons Defence Select Committee; Vice-President, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA); Member, NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA); President, Joint Security Industry Council (JSIC) since 2005; Member, Advisory Board, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) International since 2005; President Emeritus, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2004-06; former President, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2002-04; Member of Her Majesty-s Most Honourable Privy Council since 2001; Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin; Chairman, British-Azerbaijan APPG; Chairman, British-Latvian APPG; holds various positions on other APPGs. Special political interests: Defence, international relations, the private security industry, issues relating to the constituents of Walsall South. Profession/Trade: Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birmingham Polytechnic. Title/Honours/Decorations: Distinguished Achievement Award 2004, International Security Management Association (ISMA); Mervyn David Trophy 2004, American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). Education: University of Wales, BA Political Theory and Government; University of Warwick, MA Comparative Government. Author of: Six books on defence; one book on private security in the UK (co-author Mark Button). Affiliations: Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); Member, Council of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI); Member, American Society for Industrial Security, United Kingdom (ASIS); Patron and First Honorary Fellow, Institute of Security Management (ISM). Hobbies: Reading, supporting Walsall Football Club. b. 1 June 1942, Mountain Ash, Wales. Married.