Baroness emma nicholson of winterbourne hospital dorchester nh

She is a member of the Liberal Democrats.

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She co-founded the Children's High Level Group with JK Rowling which incorporates The Children's Voice campaign, a consumer-facing campaign that aims to make life better for young people in care, across Eastern Europe and ultimately across the whole of the modern world. It aims to inspire the public to help change the lives of children throughout Europe through fundraising and public opinion.

Prior to her political career, she was a computer programmer and systems analyst from , and a director of the Save the Children Foundation from to Career She was elected a Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon , in , and was vice-chairman between and She defected to the Liberal Democrats in In her controversial report on Kashmir was passed by the European Parliament by a majority of to 9.

Nicholson also generated controversy through her strong opposition to international adoptions, which she believed had become a market and subject to corruption. Due partially to her pressure, the Romanian government in implemented legislation that de facto banned international adoptions, in line with practices in some of the EU member states.

The measure generated controversy, mainly in the US, Israel, France, Spain and Italy, particularly from prospective parents who had filed papers for adopting a Romanian child but whose efforts were halted by the ban. In December and July , the EP passed measures requesting Romania deal with outstanding pipeline cases, despite Romania having dismissed these formally through legislation after consultation with an Independent Panel of EU Experts on Family Law.

Critics claimed the Independent Panel was stacked with opponents of international adoptions. The U. Congress also passed repeated measures and held hearings opposing the ban. She became a widow in Nicholson Baronets — There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nicholson, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.