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Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford

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Kamlesh Kumar Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, OBE (born 28 September 1960) is a British politician and Labour member of the House of Lords.

Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours,[1] he was created a life peer with the title Baron Patel of Bradford, of Bradford in the County of West Yorkshire on 8 June 2006.[2]

Lord Patel of Bradford was until recently chair of the Mental Health Act Commission.[3] He was a Commissioner of the Healthcare Commission until his appointment in the House of Lords. He has authored a number of national reports including The Patel Report into Prison Drug Treatment.

Arms

Coat of arms of Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford
Adopted
2007
Coronet
Coronet of a Baron
Crest
Out of a Lotus Or a Peacock's Head Azure beaked Or
Escutcheon
Quarterly Gules and Azure a Rose Argent barbed seeded and issuing from each barb a Protea slipped Or
Supporters
On the dexter an Elephant Azure the trappings Gules fringed and tasselled Or and on the sinister an Elephant Gules the trappings Azure fringed and tasselled and both armed Or
Motto
QUI VOLET SEMPER VALET
Badge
A Rose Argent barbed seeded and issuing from each barb a Protea slipped Or
Symbolism
The Yorkshire rose is combined in these Armorial Bearings with the protea of South Africa with Indian allusions in Crest and Supporters.

References

  1. ^ "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 12.
  2. ^ "No. 58027". The London Gazette. 26 June 2006. p. 8671.
  3. ^ Mental Health Act Commission - MHAC Board
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