Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath (born 7 September 1942) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He joined Marks and Spencer plc as a trainee in 1966 and retired his position as joint managing director of the company in 1999. He was created a life peer as Baron Stone of Blackheath, of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich on 29 October 1997. He is currently a director of several non-government organisations, a retail company and is involved in several charities. He also chairs the charity DIPEx that helps patients gain information on their condition and their options.He was the non-executive Chairman of Deal Group Media plc until 2007, when he resigned from this position. He is an Advisory Board Member of The Next Century Foundation.He has voted strongly for the introduction of a smoking ban and for gay rights. He is a working Labour Peer and does not usually rebel against his party. But he has voted against the party repeatedly on House of Lords reform as well as on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill and the Hunting Bill.He is the host and convenor of the annual awards of the International Media Council (now part of the International Council for Press and Broadcasting) based in London. He lists his political interests as: conflict resolution, art and science, health, ecology."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 2 of
2
with 100 triples per page.
- Andrew_Stone,_Baron_Stone_of_Blackheath abstract "Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath (born 7 September 1942) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He joined Marks and Spencer plc as a trainee in 1966 and retired his position as joint managing director of the company in 1999. He was created a life peer as Baron Stone of Blackheath, of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich on 29 October 1997. He is currently a director of several non-government organisations, a retail company and is involved in several charities. He also chairs the charity DIPEx that helps patients gain information on their condition and their options.He was the non-executive Chairman of Deal Group Media plc until 2007, when he resigned from this position. He is an Advisory Board Member of The Next Century Foundation.He has voted strongly for the introduction of a smoking ban and for gay rights. He is a working Labour Peer and does not usually rebel against his party. But he has voted against the party repeatedly on House of Lords reform as well as on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill and the Hunting Bill.He is the host and convenor of the annual awards of the International Media Council (now part of the International Council for Press and Broadcasting) based in London. He lists his political interests as: conflict resolution, art and science, health, ecology.".
- Q277051 abstract "Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath (born 7 September 1942) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He joined Marks and Spencer plc as a trainee in 1966 and retired his position as joint managing director of the company in 1999. He was created a life peer as Baron Stone of Blackheath, of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich on 29 October 1997. He is currently a director of several non-government organisations, a retail company and is involved in several charities. He also chairs the charity DIPEx that helps patients gain information on their condition and their options.He was the non-executive Chairman of Deal Group Media plc until 2007, when he resigned from this position. He is an Advisory Board Member of The Next Century Foundation.He has voted strongly for the introduction of a smoking ban and for gay rights. He is a working Labour Peer and does not usually rebel against his party. But he has voted against the party repeatedly on House of Lords reform as well as on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill and the Hunting Bill.He is the host and convenor of the annual awards of the International Media Council (now part of the International Council for Press and Broadcasting) based in London. He lists his political interests as: conflict resolution, art and science, health, ecology.".