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Environment, Food And Rural Affairs Select Committee
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies. Current Membership Membership of the committee is as follows: 2019-2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. Parish's resignation from the House of Commons became effective on 4 May 2022. Geraint Davies served as interim Chair until the election of Robert Goodwill as new committee Chairman. Changes 2019-2024 2017-2019 Parliament The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017. Changes 2017-2019 2015-2017 Parliament The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Select Committees Of The United Kingdom
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, most of the new chairs of the 26 select committees were elected in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Susannah Kirkham (born 26 September 1972) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth since 2024. She unseated the Conservative incumbent Cherilyn Mackrory. She contested the same seat in 2017, tripling the Labour vote and was narrowly defeated by the Conservative candidate Sarah Newton. Previously, Kirkham was the Labour group leader on Cornwall Council and represented Falmouth Penwerris ward. Early life Kirkham graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Southampton in 1994. She then studied at the University of Law The University of Law (founded in 1962 as The College of Law of England and Wales) is a Private university, private Proprietary college, for-profit university in the United Kingdom, providing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law, busi .... References External links * UK MPs 2024–present 21st-century British women politicians Alumni of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Goodwill
Sir Robert Goodwill (born 31 December 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby from 2005 to 2024. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Goodwill served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State at the Home Office, the Department for Education, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Goodwill is a member of the Cornerstone Group of Conservative MPs. He describes himself as a "staunch Eurosceptic" but supported Remain in the EU referendum. Early life Goodwill was born in Terrington, North Riding of Yorkshire, and was privately educated at the Quaker Bootham School in York and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1979. He has been the managing director oMowthorpe (UK) Ltd.since 1995 which offers environmentally friendly burials in the North Yorks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraint Davies (Labour Politician)
Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West from 2010 to 2024. He was elected as a member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, but was suspended from the party in 2023 and sat the remainder of his term as an independent. Previously, Davies was the Labour MP for Croydon Central from 1997 to 2005. He had also served as the Leader of Croydon London Borough Council. Early life and career Geraint Davies was born on 3 May 1960 in Chester. His family comes from west Wales; his civil servant father is from Aberystwyth and his mother's family are from Swansea. He was brought up in Cardiff where he attended Llanishen High School, before studying Mathematics then Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Jesus College, Oxford where he was Junior Common Room President."Dod's Guide to the General Election, June 2001", Vacher Dod Publishing, 2001, p. 92. Davies joined Unilever as a Group Product Manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid And South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mid and South Pembrokeshire () is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 Nov .... It is currently represented by Henry Tufnell of the Labour Party. Boundaries Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the County of Pembrokeshire, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * Amroth; Burton; Camrose; Carew; East Williamston; Haverfordwest: Castle; Haverfordwest: Garth; Haverfordwest: Portfield; Haverfordwest: Prendergast; Haverfordwest: Priory; Hundleton; Johnston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Letterston; Llangwm; Manorbier; Martletwy; Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Tufnell (Welsh Politician)
Henry Tufnell (born 19 June 1992) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid and South Pembrokeshire since 2024. Early life and education Tufnell comes from a family of Gloucestershire landowners. His father, Mark Tufnell, was the 55th president of the Country Land and Business Association and was a non-executive director of the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England; he was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England in May 2024. His paternal great-grandfather was Richard Tufnell, a Conservative MP for Cambridge. His great-great-grandfather, Edward Tufnell, was a Conservative MP for South East Essex and his great-great-great-grandfather was the civil servant and educationalist Edward Carleton Tufnell. Tufnell Park is named after his family. His mother Rosina Jane Tufnell was born in Pontypridd and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 2021. Tufnell attended Radley College, an independent boarding schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macclesfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Macclesfield is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Tim Roca, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. History 1832–1885 Macclesfield was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. This continued until 1880 when, after problems at the general election that year, it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place). In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate further. A report of March 1881 confirmed the allegations of corruption. As a result, the borough constituency was disenfranchised, taking effect on 25 June 1885, and the town was absorbed into the East Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), East Cheshire constituency. Boundari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Roca
Juan Timothy Charles Roca (born 14 November 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield since 2024, when he gained the seat from the Conservative Party. Roca is the first ever Labour MP for Macclesfield, which had been held by the Conservative Party since 1918. Early life and education Roca grew up in Cheshire, England, attending Disley Primary School in Disley, and Poynton High School. Roca studied History at Lancaster University, where he served as President of the Students' Union from 2007 to 2008. Career After attending Lancaster University, Roca moved to London working in Higher Education. He also became a Patron of APARU, the Association of Argentine professionals in the United Kingdom. At the May 2014 Westminster City Council election, Roca was one of Labour's three candidates for the St James's ward. However, all three seats were comfortably held by the Conservative Party. Tim Roca subsequently stood as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament Constituency)
Suffolk Coastal (sometimes known as Coastal Suffolk) is a parliamentary constituency in the county of Suffolk, England, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). Constituency profile The constituency is in the far East of England, and borders the North Sea. The main town is Felixstowe, which is a commercial port for imports and exports. The ONS considers Woodbridge to form part of the extended Ipswich Built-up Area. The seat includes the seaside destinations of Aldeburgh and Southwold. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ''The Guardian''. History This East Anglian constituency was created for the 1983 general election from eastern parts of the abolished county constituencies of Eye, and Sudbury and Woodbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jennifer Barbara Riddell-Carpenter (née Riddell; born 1986) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal since 2024. Early life After spending her early childhood abroad for her parents' work, the family relocated to Martlesham Heath when Riddell-Carpenter was seven. She attended Welbeck College and the private Woodbridge School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Politics in 2008 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Islamic history in 2009, both from SOAS University of London. She later completed a Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ... (MBA) at Henley Business School in 2017. She worked as Managing Director of Cratus Group, a PR agency, director of the Built Enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterborough (UK Parliament Constituency)
Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since July 2024 by Andrew Pakes of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Its current form is the direct, unbroken successor of a smaller constituency that was created in the mid-16th century returning two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) using the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system of election and represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP using the first-past-the-post system. Boundaries and boundary changes Prior to 1918 The earliest known members representing Peterborough were in 1547, shortly after it had gained city status in the United Kingdom, city st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pakes
Andrew Elliot Pakes (born 24 April 1973 as Andrew Stone) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency), Peterborough since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he previously served as the 48th President of the National Union of Students (United Kingdom), National Union of Students (NUS) from 1998 to 2000. Early life Pakes was born and grew up in Newport Pagnell, Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Ousedale School, before going on to the University of Hull where he completed a Bachelor's degree in Politics and a Master's degree in Environmental Management. Political career An active member of Labour Students, he was on the national executive of the National Union of Students from 1996 to 2000 and was twice elected the national president of NUS, serving in the role from 1998 to 2000. He had previously served as the organisation's Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
