The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC

Biography

The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC was HM Advocate General for Scotland from 12 May 2010 to 08 May 2015.

Education

Lord Wallace studied law at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities.

Political career

Lord Wallace was appointed a Privy Councillor in 2000 and in 2007 he was appointed to the House of Lords. He has been a member of the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the Constitution and the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution. Lord Wallace’s political career includes:

• MP for Orkney & Shetland 1983 to 2001
• MSP for Orkney 1999 to 2007
• Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 1992 to 2005
• Deputy First Minister of Scotland 1999 to 2005
• Minister for Justice 1999 to 2003
• Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 2003 to 2005

Career outside politics

Lord Wallace was called to the bar in 1979, practising mainly in civil law cases. He took silk in 1997.

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• 2010 to 2015 government policy: Scottish devolution
  • 08 May 2015
  • Policy paper
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: Scottish constitution
  • 08 May 2015
  • Policy paper
• The Changing Role of Regulation and Scrutiny in Scotland
  • 01 April 2015
  • Speech
• Keynote Address - SOLAR Conference
  • 01 April 2015
  • Speech
• Ten Years of FOISA
  • 19 December 2014
  • Speech
• The Smith Commission
  • 27 November 2014
  • Oral statement
• Set in stone - Lest we forget
  • 26 November 2014
  • News story
• Address by Lord Wallace QC at the Glasgow Clyde College Graduation Ceremony
  • 13 November 2014
  • Speech
• Shetland islands welcome superfast broadband
  • 15 October 2014
  • News story
• Speech to the Iraqi-British Business Council (IBBC)
  • 03 June 2014
  • Speech

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