John Hendy
 Lord Hendy    (barrister, politician) | |
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| Born | 11 April 1948 |
John Hendy QC, Baron Hendy of Hayes and Harlington in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is an English barrister and politician acknowledged as one of the country's leading experts in UK labour law.[1]
Lord Hendy sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. He made his maiden speech on 31 October 2019 during the Lords' consideration of the Phase 1 Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.[2]
His mother was the youngest daughter of the 6th Baron Wynford and his father was "a communist electrician and trade unionist". He describes his father as "a great fighter for human dignity as a trade unionist" and as being the greatest influence on his life. His younger brother is Sir Peter Hendy CBE, who was Commissioner of Transport for London from 2006 until 2015 and is now Chairman of Network Rail.[3]
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