Background
BANKS, Robert George was born on January 18, 1937.
BANKS, Robert George was born on January 18, 1937.
Haileybury.
Member, Paddington Borough Council, 1959-1965. Member of Parliament, since 1974. Member. Council of Europe and Western European Union, 1977-1981.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Blaker and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Richard Luce, Foreign Office, 1979-1982. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neil Marten, 1981-1982. Member. North Atlantic Assembly, since 1982.
Sponsored Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981. Sponsored Licensing (Restaurant Meals) Act, 1987. Vice-Chairman, All Party Tourism Group.
Chairman, British-Sudan Parliamentary Group. Vice-Chmn., Yorkshire Conservative Members Group. Secretary, Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Committee, since 1989.
Furniture manufacturer. Member of Lloyds; Lieutenant-Commander, RNR.
46th United Kingdom Parliament. 47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament.
49th United Kingdom Parliament.
50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament for Harrogate from February 1974 until he retired in May 1997.