WILLIAMS, Betty

Member for Conwy since 1997. Committees: Member, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2005; Assembly of Western European Union since 2005; Member, Welsh Affairs Select Committee 1997-2005; Backbench Committees on International Development, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Home Affairs, Work and Pensions, International Parliamentary Union since 1997. Political career: County Councillor 1976-94; District Councillor 1970-91; Community Councillor 1967-83; Mayor, Arfon Borough Council; Chair, Community Health Council; Chair, Arfon Carers Committee; Member of Appeal Committee that successfully campaigned for Cancer Treatment Centre in North Wales; former Chair of National Eisteddfod local Finance Committee; as a Councillor successfully campaigned to save small schools, for housing improvements for owner occupiers, and for a new industrial estate; Chair of Governors of Special School in Caernarfon and Technical College Governor; Sunday School Teacher from age 14. Special political interests: Special education, health, railways, general transport, children-s issues, consumer affairs. Profession/Trade: Journalist, secretary. Title/Honours/Decorations: Honorary Member Gorsedd of Bards; Vice-President University of Wales, Bangor; Honorary Fellow, University of Wales, Bangor. Education: Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle Penygroes, BA (Hons) Wales. Affiliations: TGWU; Hon Member, Soroptimists International; Chester and North Wales Rail Users- Association; Bangor and Gwynedd Museum Association. Hobbies: Sheep dog trials; hymn-singing festivals, Eisteddfodau, opera, member of parliament choir, deacon, local chapel. b. 31 July 1944. Married with two children and two grandsons