A former University lecturer, he was an MP from 1974 to 1992 and became a member of the House of Lords in 1992. He is a former Chair of the Welsh Language Board, and as founding Chair of Sgrin was also a Member of the British Film Institute. He is President of the University of Wales, Bangor, and a member of the Church in Wales. Politically, he is interested in the development of devolution in Wales and Wales’s position as a region in Europe. His outside interests include the arts and the environment, and he enjoys walking in the mountains in his constituency. He is also proud to have been the recipient of an award for the best-dressed politician in Wales.
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