38-838: Hanningfield may refer to: People [ edit ] Paul White, Baron Hanningfield (1940–2024), British politician Places in England [ edit ] East Hanningfield , in Essex Hanningfield Green , in Suffolk Hanningfield Reservoir , in Essex South Hanningfield , in Essex West Hanningfield , in Essex Topics referred to by
76-711: A Daily Mirror investigation found that, on 11 of 19 days in July 2013, he attended the House of Lords for less than 40 minutes but nonetheless claimed the £300 daily attendance allowance and travel costs, and did not speak in a debate from his return in April 2012 until October 2013. An investigation by the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards found that he did not undertake parliamentary work on those days and had "failed to act on his personal honour" by wrongly claiming expenses, and
114-486: A Committee for Privileges and Conduct report recommended that he repay the £3,300 wrongly claimed and be suspended from the House of Lords until the end of the Parliament (the maximum sanction available). His suspension took effect on 13 May 2014 and lasted until the dissolution of Parliament in 2015. A court case over the expenses claims was abandoned in July 2016 after Parliament claimed exclusive cognisance over
152-811: A county councillor, White held senior positions in local government. He chaired the Council of Local Education Authorities from 1990 to 1992, and the Eastern Area of the Further Education Funding Council for England from 1992 to 1997. White was the leader of the Association of County Councils from 1995 to 1997. He helped to establish the Local Government Association and served as its deputy chair and Conservative group leader from 1997 to 2001. White
190-600: A limited number of school-based farm units, which often operate "School" Young Farmers' Clubs. Each club is affiliated to its County Federation ; responsible for organising the County events and activities and administration of national activities. Federation areas: All Clubs and Counties are affiliated to the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs whose role is to help ensure that programmes of personal social education through activities which challenge
228-752: A scheme to reopen closed Post Office branches, and announced plans for a "Bank of Essex" in partnership with Santander that would help local firms get finance during the Great Recession . In 2009, the Countryside Alliance awarded Hanningfield the Rural Vision Award for his work to protect and promote rural communities. He was the county councillor for the electoral division of Stock (Chelmsford Rural No. 2) from 15 April 1970 until his disqualification on 29 July 2011 after being convicted for false accounting. The seat
266-757: A significant increase in the number of junior members joining the organisation. NFYFC has been reviewing and evaluating its role within the rural youth and agricultural sectors, ensuring it is able to continue to meet the needs of today's members. In October 2024, King Charles III became patron of the federation, succeeding his mother, Queen Elizabeth II . Their memberships comprise over 23,000 young people aged between 10 and 26 years. YFCs are run by members for members, unlike most other youth organisations . The YFCs are grouped into 51 federations based mainly on county boundaries. These are grouped further into six regional areas in England and Wales and together form
304-623: A wide change, educationally and socially. It had become obvious that YFC could provide a countryside youth service and also clear it couldn’t do so with its existing staff, so the advisory committee made possible the appointment of an organiser for each county as part of the NFYFC staff. Then, just as the organisers had been appointed in 1943, the Treasury decided grant aid from the national government could not be used to appoint staff working at county level and YFC members were committed to shouldering
342-442: A wide spectrum of young people. Throughout the golden years morale in clubs was good, members were keen to participate. They raised large amounts of money for local and national charities and provided labour and leadership for community projects. The Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee became a very effective force. Conservation, land use and agribusiness programmes were devised and the establishment of farm business tenancies
380-525: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paul White, Baron Hanningfield Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield , DL (16 September 1940 – 20 October 2024) was a British politician and farmer. As a member of the Conservative Party , he served in various leadership roles in local government in Essex and was influential in
418-611: The Ministry of Agriculture took on development of the organisation. But within six years it was proving difficult for it to offer the type of help needed by the members to organise the 50 clubs or offer guidance on the rural social role Young Farmers' Clubs were assuming. In 1929 the National Council of Social Services (NCSS) stepped in with the goal of developing YFC as a voluntary, self-governing and self-generating organisation. The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs
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#1732794132140456-529: The United Dairies milk factory set children of the area's milk producers the task of calf rearing, with competitions and prizes for those achieving the highest standards. Over the next decade more clubs opened to provide agricultural education, with the focus on the keeping of growing and living things including calves, pigs, poultry, bees and gardens. After the death of one of YFC's original founders and greatest inspirations, Lord Northcliffe , in 1922
494-719: The Conservative party whip was withdrawn from him on 5 February. On 27 May, Hanningfield, along with MPs Jim Devine , Elliot Morley and David Chaytor , appeared at Southwark Crown Court for a preliminary hearing. Hanningfield was charged with six counts of false accounting and his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court began on 16 May 2011. He was accused of falsely claiming for overnight stays in London when he had in fact returned to his home in Essex; on one occasion for which he claimed reimbursement for an overnight stay in London, he
532-579: The Council of European Young Agriculturalists ( CEJA ). As the federation celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1982, membership was at record level. The HQ at Stoneleigh Park was enlarged to include space for a training centre and improved motorway connections with the Midlands allowed members and county staff to take advantage of the courses offered. The result was a large group of senior members eager to serve as officers and leaders and use their skills to widen
570-415: The NFYFC. The Young Farmers' Clubs organisation involves people who live, work, or have an interest in the countryside who join together to form an "open" Young Farmers' Club, where they can pursue their interests through a self-directed programme of activities encompassing agriculture , sport , community volunteering , the environment and a full social programme. England and Wales are also home to
608-586: The age of 22, and became the chairman of Essex Young Farmers in 1962. White served as a member of the executive of the Chelmsford Conservative Association from 1962 to 1999. First elected to Essex County Council in 1970, he chaired the council's agricultural-estates and education committees. He served as chairman of the council from 1989 to 1992, and afterwards as the Conservative group leader. While serving as
646-596: The age of 84. National Federation of Young Farmers%27 Clubs The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs ( NFYFC ) is a rural youth organisation and in the United Kingdom. The Federation covers various Young Farmers' Clubs (YFCs) throughout England and Wales , helping support young people in agriculture and the countryside. It does not include YFCs from Scotland or Ireland . The first Young Farmers' Club opened in 1921 in Hemyock, Devon , where
684-585: The armed forces or war work. Some clubs announced they were closing until after the war and by the end of 1940 few people held much hope of reviving YFC. But the picture changed dramatically when the Board of Education (BoE) was empowered to give financial help to youth organisations including YFC. A joint advisory committee was formed between the BoE, Ministry of Agriculture and NFYFC. Though membership had dropped to just 7,000, YFC now had government help, and had undergone
722-582: The conviction was rejected by the Court of Appeal , and he was expelled from the Conservative Party. Hanningfield and Lord Taylor of Warwick , a fellow former Conservative peer, were released from prison on home detention curfew in September 2011, after having served a quarter of their sentences. They were the only two peers to be imprisoned over the parliamentary expenses scandal. Hanningfield
760-402: The establishment of the Local Government Association . He was a member of Essex County Council from 1970 and 2011, and served in frontbench roles in the House of Lords after being nominated for a life peerage in 1998. In the parliamentary expenses scandal , Hanningfield was convicted of false accounting , sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and expelled from the Conservative Party. He
798-540: The expenses scandal, should not be allowed back to the Lords until their wrongly claimed expenses were repaid. Hanningfield returned to the House of Lords in April 2012 after repaying £30,000. In September 2012, Hanningfield was ordered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to repay a further £37,158.50, covering a six-year period of expenses, or face 15 months' imprisonment. Following Hanningfield's return to Parliament,
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#1732794132140836-565: The financial responsibility. A resolution was passed at the national AGM in 1947 to devise a national scheme to encourage crafts and recognise and reward skills. It aimed to encourage YFCs to organise instruction on a wide range of subjects. This was developed throughout the 1950s and formally recognised as the National Proficiency Test Scheme. By the end of the decade 10,000 tests a year were being taken and many thousands more Young Farmers were taking classes. When
874-517: The matters indicted. Hanningfield never married. He lived in the village of West Hanningfield in Essex with his Bernese mountain dog , Jefferson; he told his trial in 2011: "As I lived alone I wouldn't survive without my dog – it's someone I could talk to and walk with." He was made a member of the court of the University of Essex in 1980, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant (DL) of Essex in 1990. Hanningfield died on 20 October 2024, at
912-459: The organisation's thinking. With great traditions and a successful past, YFC looked ahead to the next 50 years aiming to retain those traditions yet be flexible enough to attract young people who were becoming more sophisticated with each generation. It had found a way of neither becoming a single purpose organisation, nor a general youth organisation, of retaining its countryside and farming traditions and yet being sophisticated enough to appeal to
950-445: The positive role YFC could play. The national office moved from London to Stoneleigh Park , Warwickshire, in 1968. YFC influence spread and its standing as a national youth organisation became better understood. New avenues opened and the horizons of members broadened as they looked at things that would give YFC a wider involvement. YFC worked hard in developing its international links and exchange programme and members were able to join
988-507: The realms of agri-politics both nationally and in Brussels, where John Lee (Devon) was elected president of CEJA . The Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001 affected the way the YFCs were able to function. Many members were affected and most clubs took the decision to close yet remained in contact to ensure peer support was there at this crucial time. Membership is steadily increasing and there is
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1064-419: The tests became a formal part of nationally recognised assessment schemes, uniform national standards became necessary, and as NFYFC did not have the necessary resources it gave up control of the scheme. Society's swiftly changing attitudes in the 1960s helped to produce YFC members who felt that as they were contributing to the cost of their organisation they had the right to make the decisions, and who realised
1102-677: The village of West Hanningfield for centuries. White was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford . He received a Nuffield Scholarship for agriculture and studied in the United States, then worked as a pig farmer in West Hanningfield ; he was named the youngest pig farmer in Britain at the age of 15. White joined the National Farmers' Union , becoming the chairman of its quality pigs committee by
1140-572: Was arrested in September 2011, a few days after his early release from prison, and began legal action against Essex Police for wrongful arrest. The investigation was dropped in November 2012 over insufficient evidence. Hanningfield sought £6,500 in compensation from the police and was awarded £3,500. In December 2011, the House Committee of the House of Lords recommended that Hanningfield and Baroness Uddin , another peer implicated in
1178-415: Was created Baron Hanningfield, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex , on 31 July 1998, taking the name of the village in which he lived. In the House of Lords , Hanningfield served as a Conservative Party whip and a spokesman on education and transport. Hanningfield served as the leader of Essex County Council from 1998 to 1999, and from 2000 until his resignation in 2010. As council leader, he set up
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1216-668: Was formed in March 1932, with its head office in London. New clubs sprang up in Scotland, Northern Ireland and as far afield as Australia and New Zealand, and by the outbreak of the Second World War the federation included 412 clubs and 22 county federations with a membership of 15,000 people. The war years marked a turning point for YFC with the development of agricultural classes and proficiency tests, but were also nearly disastrous as many YFC supporters and staff were drawn into
1254-454: Was in fact on a plane to India. Hanningfield denied all charges, telling police that he had been "singled out"; in an August 2009 interview, he told police that he had "done the same as 500 or 600 other peers". Hanningfield was found guilty on all six counts of false accounting. On 1 July 2011, he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, mitigated by his poor health, for falsely claiming £13,379 in parliamentary expenses. His appeal against
1292-411: Was much influenced by this group. YFC was encouraged by government, financial institutions, business and academia to continue its pioneering role and sponsorship and grants were made available to augment YFC's subscription income to finance developments. Many members have gone on to represent their communities and agriculture at the highest levels on district and county councils, as MPs, MEPs and within
1330-602: Was nominated to the European Committee of the Regions in 1998, and served as vice president of the committee's European People's Party group. In 2001, he co-founded and became the chairman of Localis, a local-government think tank that aimed to "challenge the growing powers of national government and unaccountable quangos ". In 1998, White was nominated for a life peerage by Conservative leader William Hague in recognition of his work in local government. He
1368-477: Was retained by the Conservative Party at the subsequent September 2011 by-election. In February 2010, Hanningfield was charged with offences under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 relating to false accounting for claims for overnight accommodation. He immediately resigned as the opposition spokesman for communities, local government, and transport. He also resigned as the leader of Essex County Council, and
1406-486: Was suspended from the House of Lords for nine months with effect from 1 July, subsequent to a report of the Committee for Privileges and Conduct that detailed £30,254.50 of "false claims" for night-subsistence expenses between July 2007 and April 2009. Essex County Council initiated a separate investigation into Hanningfield after discovering that he had spent £286,000 on a council credit card between 2005 and 2010. He
1444-459: Was twice suspended from the House of Lords for expenses fraud. Paul Edward Winston White was born on 16 September 1940 in Chelmsford , Essex, to Edward Ernest William White and Irene Joyce Gertrude White ( née Williamson ), into a farming family with eight older sisters. He was given the middle name Winston after his father's hero, Winston Churchill . The family had been established in
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