Achievements
- Privatisation of British Steel PLC
- Negotiated more beneficial Airbus/UK aerospace contracts
- Restructured Road Construction contracts with industry
- Introduced MOT Emission Testing
- Introduced commercial sale of personalised Car Registration Numbers
- Initiated Atkins Report on the Future of British Sport
- Introduced Physical Education into the National Curriculum
- Initiated the Sports and Arts Foundation and “SportsMatch”
- Instrumental in reinstituting cricket and other sporting contracts with South Africa.
- Privatisation of Northern Ireland Electricity PLC
- Restructured Northern Ireland Tourist Board
- Generated substantial increase in Inward Investment into Northern Ireland
- Saved one of the few remaining Peat Bogs in the Province
- Set up the Lord’s Taverners in Northern Ireland
- Reformed the entire Planning process in the Province
- Instigated and completed the Environment Act 1995
- Researched and prepared the Rural White Paper 1995
- Began negotiations with Industry over EU Packaging and Recycling Directive
- Instrumental in provoking reform of the Licensing Laws
- Initiated the largest Kwik- Cricket Competition for Primary Schools in the U.K.
- Councillor, London Borough of Haringey 1968-1976.
- Freeman of the City of London.
