Alma Birk, Baroness Birk

In opposition, she spoke in the House of Lords on the environment between 1979 and 1986, and on arts, libraries, heritage and broadcasting between 1986 and 1993.[1] She was a member of the Fabian Society and the Howard League for Penal Reform.[2] She married Ellis Birk, a solicitor and director of the Daily Mirror Group, on 24 December 1939.[2] Their granddaughter, Rebecca Birk, is Rabbi of Finchley Progressive Synagogue.[6] She was chair of Redbridge Jewish Youth Centre between 1970 and 1996 and on the executive of the Council of Christians and Jews between 1971 and 1977.
The Right HonourableBrightonEast SussexEnglandWestminsterLabourPoliticianBritishLabour PartySouth Hampstead High SchoolLondon School of EconomicsSalisbury City CouncilFinchley Borough CouncilMember of ParliamentRuislip-Northwood1950 general electionPortsmouth Westlife peerRegent's ParkGreater Londonprobation servicejuvenile crimeBaroness-in-WaitingParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment of the EnvironmentMinister of StatePrivy Council OfficeFabian SocietyHoward League for Penal ReformRebecca BirkFinchley Progressive Synagoguejustice of the peaceRedbridgeCouncil of Christians and JewsFellow of the Royal Society of ArtsBritish Film InstituteThe London GazetteThe Independent