Giles Radice, Baron Radice
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The Right Honourable The Lord Radice PC |
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Giles Radice at the Policy Network Progressive Governance Conference 2009
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| Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee | |
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In office 17 July 1997 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Succeeded by | John McFall |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Neil Kinnock |
| Succeeded by | Jack Straw |
| Member of Parliament for North Durham Chester-le-Street (1973-1983) |
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In office 1 March 1973 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Pentland |
| Succeeded by | Kevan Jones |
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Giles Heneage Radice 4 October 1936 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | Sophie Radice (author) |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Giles Heneage Radice, Baron Radice, PC (born 4 October 1936) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
Radice was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked as a research officer for the General and Municipal Workers' Union.
Radice first stood for Parliament at Chippenham in 1964 and 1966, but came third each time. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street from a 1973 by-election to 1983 and then North Durham until his retirement in 2001.
Radice served as Education spokesman in the Labour Shadow Cabinet under Neil Kinnock in the 1980s. As chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, Radice helped make the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England accountable to both Parliament and the people for its decisions over interest rates. He was a member of the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on external affairs until March 2015.
A europhile, Radice was one of only five Labour MPs to vote for the Third Reading of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, defying his party Whip, which was to abstain.
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