John Gummer
John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC (Stockport, 26 November 1939) is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the UK's independent Committee on Climate Change. He also chairs the sustainability consultancy Sancroft International, recycler Valpak, GLOBE International - the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment, the Association of Independent Financial Advisers and Veolia Water UK. He is a non-executive director of Veolia Voda, the Catholic Herald and the Castle Trust - a mortgage and investment firm. He is also a trustee of the ocean conservation charity, Blue Marine Foundation.
Lord Deben left the House of Commons at the 2010 general election and joined the House of Lords in order to campaign for environmental issues, social justice and for engagement with the European Union - of which he is a strong advocate.
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