Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell
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Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, PC (born 20 November 1926), is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords.
He was previously the Member of Parliament for Rowley Regis and Tipton and for Warley West, having first been elected in the 1966 general election until his retirement at the 1992 general election. After that he received a life peerage as Baron Archer of Sandwell, of Sandwell in the County of West Midlands. In 1998 he successfully proposed an amendment to the Crime and Disorder Bill which abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy with violence.
He held the post of Solicitor General from 7 March 1974 to 4 May 1979.
He is the Vice-Chair of the All-Party Group for World Government, [1] and is President of the One World Trust, of the World Disarmament Campaign, and of the Fabian Society. [2]
Lord Archer also chaired the Enemy Property Claims Assessment panel which, at time of writing ( 29 December 2007 ) has paid out more than £21m - 10 times its budget - to individuals claiming back funds which had been frozen by the British government during the Second World War. The panel revealed that, in all, 400 claims had been successful, indicating that the average payout had been in the region of £50,000.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Arthur Henderson |
Member of Parliament for Rowley Regis and Tipton 1966–1974 |
Succeeded by Boundary changes. |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Warley 1974–1992 |
Succeeded by John Spellar |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Michael Havers |
Solicitor General for England and Wales 1974–1979 |
Succeeded by Sir Ian Percival |
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