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John McFall
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 79 |
Official site | members.parliament.uk |
Date of birth | October 4,1944 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Glasgow |
United Kingdom | |
Current partner | Baroness McFall of Alcluith |
Position | Lord Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom |
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom since 2021 | |
Previous position | Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom (2016–2021) |
Books | Bank of England February 2004 Inflation Report: Oral and Written Evidence, Thursday 25 March 2004, Mr Mervyn King, Sir Andrew Large, Ms Rachel Lomax, Ms Kate Barker and Ms Marian Bell |
Education | The Open University |
University of Strathclyde | |
Strathclyde Business School | |
Nationality | British |
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ID | 3735831 |
John McFall Life story
John Francis McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith PC is a British politician and life peer who has served as Lord Speaker since 2021. He was a member of Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Party from 1987 to 2010, first for Dumbarton and then from 2005 for West Dunbartonshire.
A taste of space with world's first disabled astronaut, John McFall
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...By Rebecca MorelleScience Editor, BBC NewsJohn Mcfall is the European Space Agency s first ever para-astronaut, selected to study how feasible it is for someone with a physical disability to live and work in space...
Tim Peake retires from European astronaut corps
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... " In November last year, Esa unveiled UK citizens Rosemary Coogan, John Mcfall and Meganne Christian as new astronaut candidates...
Revealed: Major cities failing to plan for any wheelchair accessible homes
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... Plus, the world s first disabled astronaut, John Mcfall, talks weightlessness, cramming for his surgery exams and how his children reacted when the European Space agency announced him as the first ever " parastronaut"...
Disabled man joins European Space Agency's astronaut programme
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... John Mcfall, 41, joined 16 men and women selected for the European Space Agency s (Esa) first new class of astronauts in 13 years...