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Michael Clapham is a former MP for Barnsley West and Penistone.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Barnsley West and Penistone

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Trade and Industry
• Work and Pensions
• Home Department
• Health
• Deputy Prime Minister
• Work-related Illness
• Miners' Compensation
• Industrial Diseases: Compensation
• Fire Service
• Mesothelioma

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee ( 7 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Business and Enterprise Committee (18 Apr 2008 to 7 Oct 2009)
• Member, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 18 Apr 2008)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Allen McKay

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Drugs Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions 8 Apr 2010

  My right hon. Friend will be aware that, on 1 October 2008, we introduced a modified pneumoconiosis scheme. That allows a miner who was employed by British Coal to claim a compensation payment, either under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 or the 1974 scheme. However, is he aware that a man who has been employed in the private sector since 1994 can claim only under...

• Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Asbestos 25 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress his Department has made towards establishing a network of research practitioners for asbestos-related diseases.

• Written Answers — Health: Mesothelioma 25 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department to provide updated leaflets with information for those with mesothelioma.

More of Michael Clapham’s recent appearances