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| The Lord Bach | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 7 May 2005 – 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Lord Chancellor's Department | |
| In office November 2000 – 8 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1946-12-25) 25 December 1946 (age 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
William "Willy" Stephen Goulden Bach, Baron Bach (born 25 December 1946) is a British Labour member of the House of Lords and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2008 to 2010.
Early Life
Bach was educated at Westminster School and then New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar in 1972. He served as a barrister and a local councillor in Leicester, and was made Head of Chambers at King Street Chambers in Leicester on the Midland Circuit in 1996.
Political Career
In 1998, Bach was raised to the peerage, as Baron Bach, of Lutterworth in the County of Leicestershire, where he lives. He was appointed a Government whip in the Lords in 1999, and so officially one of Her Majesty's "Lords in Waiting".
From November 2000, Lord Bach served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Lord Chancellor's Department, until June 8, 2001 when, after the general election, Lord Bach replaced The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement – one of the most high-profile jobs in the Ministry of Defence.
During Lord Bach's tenure, the United Kingdom was involved in choosing between the Boeing X-32 and Lockheed X-35 designs for the Joint Strike Fighter project. Highlighting the level of British participation in the project, Lord Bach was present at the U.S. Department of Defense announcement that Lockheed Martin had won the competition. Lord Bach was also at the signing of "Type Acceptance" – essentially, the release into service – of the RAF's Typhoon platform.
Following the 2005 general election, Lord Drayson succeeded Lord Bach at the Ministry of Defence, and Lord Bach was transferred to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for Sustainable Farming and Food. He held this post until 2006, when he returned to the back benches. As of 5 October 2008, Lord Bach was brought back into government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice replacing former Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE.
Lord Bach was chairman of the SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems SpA Board of Directors from September 2006 until November 2007, when he resigned from the board in order to return to his role as a government whip. In October 2008, Lord Bach was promoted to become a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice, where he served until May 2010.
Lord Bach is currently the Shadow Justice Minister in the Official Opposition frontbench headed by Ed Miliband.
Personal Life
In Who's Who, Lord Bach lists his interests as watching cricket and football (he is a supporter of Leicester City FC). He is married, with three children. He is also a great nephew of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst