Education
Baroness Flather attended University College London.
politician Member of the House of Lords
Baroness Flather attended University College London.
She became a life peer for the Conservative party on 11 June 1990 as Baroness Flather, of Windsor and Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire. She was the first Asian woman to receive a peerage. In 1998 she resigned as the Conservative whip over the demotion of Viscount Cranborne for his actions to reduce the impact of the 1999 House of Lords Acting.
She has served as Deputy Mayor and as Mayor for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Baroness Flather has been recognised as Asian Who"s Who Asian of the Year 1996. She has served senior posts in various organisations involved in refugee, community, race relations and prison work.
She is one of the Vice Chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. She is patron of the British branch of Child In Need India (CINI United Kingdom) and the United Kingdom population concern charity, Population Matters.
In September 2011 she accused the Bangladeshi and Pakistani immigrant communities in the United Kingdom of having a large number of children in order to be able to claim more benefits.
Labour Party Member of Parliament Michael Dugher condemned her and said that her views were unacceptable. They are all on benefits and all vote Labour.".
She rejoined the party in 1999, but left a second time in 2008, since when she has sat as a crossbencher.
She has also been a teacher of English as a second language and a member of the Conservative Women"s National Committee. As a member of the House of Lords, she gained attention for wearing a sari and for being among the first ethnic minorities in the house.