Richard Burden

Former Labour MP for Birmingham, Northfield

@RichardBurdenMP https://facebook.com/richardburden4northfield

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  • The Economy 24 Oct 2019

    Last week, union representatives from Rolls-Royce came to see my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) and me. Rolls-Royce is one of the main anchors of the UK’s aerospace sector and has operations in no less than nine EU member states. They came to tell us about their worries, the most direct and immediate being the disastrous impact that a no-deal Brexit would...
  • British Children: Syria 22 Oct 2019

    The Minister has acknowledged that there is absolutely no time to lose. The current ceasefire presents a window of opportunity to move on these repatriations, but does the Minister accept that access to the two camps where the majority of UK national children are living was possible, as was repatriation, before the ceasefire and is likely to be possible for a little while afterwards? I...
  • Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Members: Correspondence 21 Oct 2019

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter to the Prime Minister of 12 September 2019 from the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield and other hon. Members and Peers on Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement that he intends to annex the Jordan Valley to Israel.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Birmingham, Northfield

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

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Topics of interest

Richard Burden campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department for Transport
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Transport
  • Department for International Development
  • Israel
  • Occupied Territories
  • Middle East
  • Telephone Services
  • Israel: Palestinians

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (13 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, International Development Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Shadow Minister (Transport) (13 Oct 2016 to 8 Jun 2017)
  • Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact ( 3 Dec 2013 to 31 Dec 2013)
  • Shadow Minister (Transport) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 27 Jun 2016)
  • Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (31 Oct 2012 to 3 Dec 2013)
  • Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (31 Oct 2012 to 3 Dec 2013)
  • Chair, West Midlands Regional Select Committee (12 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
  • Chair, West Midlands Regional Select Committee (12 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
  • Member, West Midlands Regional Select Committee ( 3 Mar 2009 to 12 Mar 2009)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 4 Nov 2013)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 4 Nov 2013)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 4 Nov 2013)
  • Member, International Development Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 4 Nov 2013)
  • Member, Trade & Industry Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Jul 2005)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 5 Nov 2019.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys. Unless otherwise stated, all fees paid direct to my local party organisation:
18 January 2018, payment of £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 January 2019)
10 July 2018, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 January 2019)
15 August 2018, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 January 2019)
15 December 2018, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 January 2019)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: The Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Ltd (trading as Motorsports UK)
Address of donor: Motor Sports House, Riverside Park, Colnbrook SL3 0HG

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for the British Grand Prix, total value £1,220 (£610 per person)

Date received: 14 July 2019

Date accepted: 14 July 2019

Donor status: company, registration 1344829

(Registered 22 July 2019)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Lebanese Parliament
Address of donor: Beirut, Down Town, Nejmeh Square, Lebanon.

Estimate of probable value (or amount of any donation): flights costing £273; accommodation, food and transport in Lebanon costing £397.45; £670.45 in total

Destination of visit: Lebanon

Dates of visit: 7-10 November 2018

Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit organised by All-Party Parliamentary Group for Lebanon.

(Registered 05 December 2018)

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