David Heathcoat-Amory

Former Conservative MP for Wells

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David Heathcoat-Amory is a former MP for Wells.

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Former Conservative MP for Wells

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

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Topics of interest

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Trade and Industry
  • Home Department
  • Treasury
  • Defence
  • Surplus Military Equipment
  • Brussels
  • European Constitution
  • EU Grants and Loans
  • Bovine TB

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, European Scrutiny Committee ( 3 Jun 2008 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (20 Dec 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, European Scrutiny Committee (29 Jun 2005 to 18 Apr 2008)
  • (Also PPS To the Chairman of the Party), Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform (13 Jun 2005 to 16 Dec 2005)
  • Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform (20 May 2005 to 13 Jun 2005)
  • Member, Treasury Sub-committee Committee (11 Jun 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Member, European Scrutiny Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Member, Treasury Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Future MPs in this constituency

Recent appearances

  • Amendment of the Law 30 Mar 2010

    I am pleased to follow the right hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Frank Dobson), although I cannot accept his prescription for growth, which consisted of little more than more public expenditure-or "investment", as he called it-which is what got us into this trouble in the first place. His criticism of auditors had some traction, but they had far less to do with the problem than the...
  • Amendment of the Law 30 Mar 2010

    I am grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
  • Amendment of the Law 30 Mar 2010

    No, but the hon. Gentleman had better check his arithmetic. I have done mine, and it is the case that on the Government's own figures it would take 32 years to repay £1 billion and 32,000 years to repay £1 trillion. I do not expect the Treasury to understand those figures, and I am a little disappointed in the hon. Gentleman from the Liberal Democrats, although I am perfectly certain that...

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