A World Turned Upside Down - A Lecture by Lord Heseltine
PAST EVENT | 18 November 2021 17:30 - 18 November 2021 19:00
Pembroke College is pleased to welcome Lord Heseltine (PPE, 1951), Honorary Fellow, for his lecture 'A World Turned Upside Down'.
About the Lecture:
"My political career began at the time of the publication of the Redcliffe-Maud report into the structure of local government in England.
As number two to Peter Walker, I saw through the major reform of the 1970s. England remained over centralised. The great cities of provincial England became branch offices of Whitehall.
The visits of 1981 provided a totally different perspective of how we are governed. It convinced me of the need for structural and economic devolution.
The lecture follows my journey to the present position of unfinished business."
About the Speaker: The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH
Lord Heseltine was a Member of Parliament in Britain from 1966 to 2001. He was a Cabinet Minister in various departments between 1979 and 1986 and between 1990 and 1997. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997. In 2015 Lord Heseltine was appointed by the government as an adviser to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Within this remit he was Chair of the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission, co-Chair of the Estate Regeneration Advisory Panel. In October 2012 he published No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth, an independent review into how the public and private sectors in the UK work together to create wealth. His work for the government came to an end in 2017. In June 2019 he became President of The European Movement. Lord Heseltine is an enthusiastic gardener and is a Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society.
A World Turned Upside Down - A Lecture by Lord Heseltine
PAST EVENT | 18 November 2021 17:30 - 18 November 2021 19:00
Pembroke College is pleased to welcome Lord Heseltine (PPE, 1951), Honorary Fellow, for his lecture 'A World Turned Upside Down'.
About the Lecture:
"My political career began at the time of the publication of the Redcliffe-Maud report into the structure of local government in England.
As number two to Peter Walker, I saw through the major reform of the 1970s. England remained over centralised. The great cities of provincial England became branch offices of Whitehall.
The visits of 1981 provided a totally different perspective of how we are governed. It convinced me of the need for structural and economic devolution.
The lecture follows my journey to the present position of unfinished business."
About the Speaker: The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH
Lord Heseltine was a Member of Parliament in Britain from 1966 to 2001. He was a Cabinet Minister in various departments between 1979 and 1986 and between 1990 and 1997. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997. In 2015 Lord Heseltine was appointed by the government as an adviser to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Within this remit he was Chair of the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission, co-Chair of the Estate Regeneration Advisory Panel. In October 2012 he published No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth, an independent review into how the public and private sectors in the UK work together to create wealth. His work for the government came to an end in 2017. In June 2019 he became President of The European Movement. Lord Heseltine is an enthusiastic gardener and is a Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society.