HEAL, Sylvia

Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis since 1997. Committees: Education and Science Select Committee Opposition Spokesperson on Health and Women-s Issues 1991-92; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Defence; Member of Labour Party-s Parliamentary Committee 1997; Member, UK Parliamentary Delegation to North Atlantic Assembly. Political career: Justice of the Peace since 1973; Member, Action for South Africa. Profession/Trade: National Officer, Carers UK; social worker. Education: College Harlech, North Wales; University College of Wales, Swansea, BSc Economics, Politics and Social Administration. Affiliations: Honorary Fellow, University of Wales; former member of the Advertising Standards Authority; Member, Amnesty International. Hobbies: Listening to male-voice choirs, gardening, meals with friends. b. 20 July 1942. Married with two children.