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Paul Beresford is a former MP for Mole Valley.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Mole Valley

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

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Croydon Central

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/SirPaulBeresford

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Paul Beresford campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Department
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Dentistry
• Departmental Written Questions
• Dental Services
• Non-Domestic Rates: Garages and Petrol Stations
• CJD: Disease Control

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Administration Committee ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Administration Committee ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Administration Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2017)
• Member, Committee of Privileges (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committee on Standards ( 9 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Administration Committee (21 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Administration Committee (21 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Administration Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 21 Jul 2015)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee ( 9 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, House of Commons Commission ( 9 Jul 2015 to 18 Mar 2020)
• Member, Committee of Privileges ( 7 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committee on Standards ( 7 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 7 Jan 2013)
• Member, Finance and Services Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 27 Jun 2006)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (22 Jul 2002 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Member, Transport, Local Government & The Regions Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 22 Jul 2002)
• Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee (16 Jul 2001 to 22 Jul 2002)
• Member, Transport Sub-committee (19 Dec 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee (13 Dec 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Environment Sub-committee (13 Dec 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Procedure Committee (31 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (20 Jul 1994 to 2 May 1997)
• Member, Education Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 27 Oct 1994)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kenneth Baker

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill Committee (10 out of 12)

Recent appearances

• Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) Bill 17 May 2024

  I am listening with considerable interest. There are a large number of farmers in my area, and some of them are sheep farmers. One of their complaints is that people stray on to their land with their dogs and often let them go. Let us imagine a situation in which a farmer is bringing in his sheep and has sent out his huntaway, which disappears over the brow. Unbeknown to him, a stray dog...

• Criminal Justice Bill: New Clause 86 - Creating purported sexual image of adult 15 May 2024

  I restrict my interest today to new clause 55, which I tabled. It would set up the offence of child criminal exploitation—in other words, it is Fagin’s law. The essence of the name Fagin explains the new clause. In simple terms, if an individual—whether an adult or a child—approached a child with the intention of persuading that child to engage in criminal activity, that in itself...

More of Paul Beresford’s recent appearances