Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands

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Argentine embassies used the same, top of the line, Swiss Crypto AG machine systems as their armed forces, so this was the precise equivalent of publicly announcing, during World War II, that the Allies had broken the Enigma system used by the Nazis. It is unlikely we shall ever know how much damage this betrayal of trust did to national security, but if anyone else than an MP had given the information to the Argentines they would have been prosecuted. [4]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 Birthday Honours, [5] and on 28 June 2004 was created a life peer, as Baron Rowlands, of Merthyr Tydfil and of Rhymney in the County of Mid-Glamorgan. [6] In the House of Lords, as of July 2019, he is a member of the EU Justice Sub-Committee and the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. [7]

Lord Rowlands sat on the Richard Commission which reported on 31 March 2004 on whether the National Assembly for Wales should have additional legislative powers.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr Ted Rowlands (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Jacobs, Bart (2020). "Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation, from a Dutch perspective". Intelligence and National Security. 35 (5): 659–668. doi: 10.1080/02684527.2020.1743538 . hdl: 2066/221037 . ISSN   0268-4527.
  3. ↑ Edward Rowlands, MP for Merthyr Tydfil (3 April 1982). "Falkland Islands". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Parliament of the United Kingdom: Commons. col. 650. Last night the [Defence Secretary] asked "How can we read the mind of the enemy?" I shall make a disclosure. As well as trying to read the mind of the enemy, we have been reading its telegrams for many years.
  4. ↑ Bicheno, Hugh (2006), Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 121, ISBN   978-0-297-84633-8
  5. ↑ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "No. 57342". The London Gazette . 1 July 2004. p. 8203.
  7. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Lord Rowlands - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
The Right Honourable
The Lord Rowlands
CBE
Member of Parliament
for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Merthyr Tydfil (1972–1983)
In office
13 April 1972 –14 May 2001
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cardiff North
1966–1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil
1972–1983 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
1983–2001 		Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Rowlands		Followed by
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