Anthony David Steen CBE was born on 22 July 1939 and is a former British Conservative Party politician and barrister.
24 Facts About Anthony Steen
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Anthony Steen was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 2010, and the Chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation.
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Anthony Steen attended Westminster School and University College London where he gained an LLB.
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Anthony Steen worked at the Bernhard Baron Settlement as a youth club leader with Sir Basil Henriques, an East London magistrate, from 1959 to 1967.
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Anthony Steen was its first director, serving from 1968 to 1974.
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In 1981, Miles Copeland, Manager of the Police Pop Group, invited Anthony Steen to be Chairman of the Outlandos Trust, a charity funded by Police concerts.
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From 1991 to 2010, Anthony Steen was a Trustee of the Dartington International Summer School, having been an aspiring young pianist.
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Anthony Steen was a pupil in Heathcote Williams QC, Leonard Caplan QC Chambers, and was offered a tenancy by Sir John Foster MP QC in his Hare Court Chambers.
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Anthony Steen was called to the Bar in 1962 and practised as a Barrister in landlord and tenant and common law from 1962 to 1974.
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Anthony Steen championed pro-bono legal advice at the Mary Ward Advice Centre.
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Anthony Steen served as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from February 1974 to 1983, and for Totnes from 1983 to 2010.
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Anthony Steen was Chairman of the group of Conservative MPs elected in the 1974 general elections, and chaired the Conservative backbench committees on youth and young children and urban affairs and new towns, and served as Chairman of the Conservative Deregulation Committee and of the West Country Members' Group.
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Anthony Steen was Vice Chairman of the All-Party Fisheries Committee, Chairman of the All-Party Group on Trafficking of Women and Children, Chairman of the backbench Sane Planning Group, and a member of the Parliamentary Population and Development Group.
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Anthony Steen was elected by Conservative MPs as Secretary of the Conservative Backbench 1922 Committee.
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From 1992 to 1994, Anthony Steen served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Peter Brooke MP when the latter was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in government of Prime Minister John Major.
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In 1985, Anthony Steen piloted the Dartmoor Commons Bill through Parliament.
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In February 2010, Anthony Steen saw his Private Member's Bill to establish a national Anti-Slavery Day adopted by the House of Commons, as the Anti-Slavery Day Act.
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Anthony Steen describes himself as a 'Euro-pragmatist' and was in favour of the UK continued membership of the European Union, voting to remain in the June 2016 referendum.
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In May 2009, Anthony Steen was involved in the parliamentary expenses scandal.
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Since 2005, Anthony Steen has concentrated on issues related to modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
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Anthony Steen campaigned for the UK to sign the European Convention of Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
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In 2010, Anthony Steen established the Human Trafficking Foundation, an organisation that works with NGOs and charities in the sector combatting human trafficking around the UK.
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In 2015, Anthony Steen served as special envoy to the prime minister and to Parliament's Joint Select Committee on the draft Modern Slavery Bill.
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In October 2018, Anthony Steen was appointed a specialist adviser, representing NGOs and civil society, on a review into the operation of the Modern Slavery Act.