Stephen Dorrell

Former Conservative MP for Charnwood

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Stephen Dorrell is a former MP for Charnwood.

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Former Conservative MP for Charnwood

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

Also represented Loughborough

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Topics of interest

  • Health
  • Treasury
  • Education and Skills
  • Home Department
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Government Offices (East Midlands)
  • Capital Spending (Leicestershire)
  • Speech and Language Therapists
  • Crimes of Violence: Charnwood
  • Information Officers

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Dec 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Jul 2010 to 4 Jun 2014)
  • Chair, Health and Social Care Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 4 Jun 2014)
  • Chair, Health and Social Care Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 4 Jun 2014)
  • Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (14 Nov 2005 to 6 May 2010)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Education (11 Jun 1997 to 2 Jun 1998)
  • The Secretary of State for Health ( 5 Jul 1995 to 1 May 1997)
  • Secretary of State for National Heritage (20 Jul 1994 to 4 Jul 1995)
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 18 Oct 1994)
  • The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (14 Apr 1992 to 19 Jul 1994)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) ( 4 May 1990 to 14 Apr 1992)
  • The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (20 Dec 1988 to 3 May 1990)
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (26 Jun 1987 to 19 Dec 1988)
  • Member, Transport Committee ( 3 May 1979 to 9 Jun 1983)

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Recent appearances

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 2 Apr 2014

    In the week when our right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has spoken of the importance to the Government of securing full employment, will the Prime Minister confirm that the record shows that no Labour Government in history left office with unemployment lower than when they came to office? Does that not illustrate in this area, as in all others, the importance of the principle...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Clause 127 — Short title 11 Mar 2014

    I shall make two brief points, which I think are the two things for which the Bill will be remembered. The first is a story that started 17 years ago, when Tony Blair as a newly elected Labour Prime Minister went to the Labour party conference and said that a Labour Government should not tolerate a position in which families lose their houses in order for their loved ones to be cared for. It...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: New Clause 6 — Secretary of State’s response to a section 65 regulator’s report on an NHS foundation trust 11 Mar 2014

    My right hon. Friend is making the key point in this debate. He is describing a locally rooted, clinically led consultation process that engages the professional community as well as the local political community. It must be right that we deliver change in the health and care system in that way. The Health and Social Care Act was motivated by exactly that thought process, as my hon. Friend...

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