Rt. Hon Sir John Wheeler - Former Chair, Home Affairs Select Committee
Sir John Wheeler was a Conservative MP for the City of Westminster, Paddington from 1979-1983 and then for Westminster North from 1983-1997. During this time he served on a variety of committees culminating in chairing the Home Affairs Select Committee from 1987-1992. He then went on to be Deputy Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1993-1997.
More recently, he was Chairman of a government review into airport security within the UK in 2002/2003 before performing a similar role for The Australian Government in 2005. He was also Deputy Chairman of the UK Border Security Advisory Committee in 2007/2008. He is currently a trustee of the Police Foundation and a Member and Trustee of The Order of St John and St John Ambulance, and was knighted in 1990.
