- Political, local and parliamentary, career, including MP for Wantage (1983–2005); Office of Public Service and Science (1992–3); Department of Employment (1990–2); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DES (1987–90); Special Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia (1979–80); Chef de Cabinet, President of EEC Economic and Social Committeee (1976–8); Member, Cabinet of Sir Christopher Soames, EEC Commission (1974–6); Political advisor to Secretary of State for Employment (1973–4) and Councillor, Oxford County Council (1969–71) (from 1969 to 2005)
 
	- Quondam Fellow, All Souls College (from 1986)
 
	- Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College (from 1979 to 1986)
 
	- Prize Fellow, All Souls College (from 1968 to 1975)
 
	- Undergraduate, St Edmund Hall, Oxford (from 1965 to 1968)
 
 
           
       
       
          
          
            
          
          
              
	- Political Ideas in Western Europe Today (1984)
 
	- From Boom to Bust?: British farming and CAP reform (Conservative Political Centre, 1983)
 
	- Tradition and Reality: Conservative Philosophy and European Integration (European Democratic Group, Conservative Central Office, 1982)
 
	- Reforming the European Budget (Conservative Political Centre, 1981)
 
	- The European Parliament: Penguin Guide to Direct Elections (Penguin, 1979)
 
	- The Powers of the European Parliament (The Conservative Group for Europe, 1977)
 
	- South Asian Crisis: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (Praeger, 1972, 1975)
 
 
           
       
       
          
            
          
          
              
	- Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art, House of Commons
 
	- Treasurer, Conservative Mainstream Parliamentary Group
 
	- Co-Chairman, CAABU (2001–)
 
	- Member, UK Delegation, Council of Europe and WEU (2000–1)
 
	- Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology (1999–2001)
 
	- Trustee, Hattori Foundation, Hattori Trust Co. Ltd.
 
	- International Affairs (Chatham House) (1979–80)
 
	- Editor, The Round Table, Commonwealth Journal of International Relations (1970–4)