The Baroness Wilkins | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
In office 30 July 1999 –23 July 2015 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosalie Catherine Wilkins 6 May 1946 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Rosalie Catherine Wilkins,Baroness Wilkins (born 6 May 1946) is a British politician (Labour) and former television presenter.
Wilkins has been a member of the Central Health Services Council from 1974 1976,the BBC General Advisory Council from 1976 to 1978,and the Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability from 1982 to 1990. She was also President of the College of Occupational Therapists from 2003 to 2008.
On 30 July 1999 she was created a life peer with the title Baroness Wilkins,of Chesham Bois in the County of Buckinghamshire . [1] She was a member of the House of Lords until her retirement in 2015.
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