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Chris Mullin is a former MP for Sunderland South.

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Former Labour MP for Sunderland South

Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — 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

• Home Department
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Defence
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Health
• Correspondence
• Afghanistan
• Madagascar
• Iraq
• Sudan: War Crimes

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (10 Aug 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (18 Jan 2006 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (13 Jun 2003 to 11 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development (26 Jan 2001 to 11 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (28 Jul 1999 to 26 Jan 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gordon Bagier
• Paul Williams
• Richard Ewart

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Fraud Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Homes Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration: Turkey 29 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of Turkish citizens who have entered the UK under the terms of the Ankara Agreement; and if he will make a statement.

• Government and the Legislature 25 Mar 2010

  As you will know, Mr Speaker, it is the custom when we come to this place for a new Member to make a maiden speech. With your indulgence, I wonder if I might initiate a new genre tonight: the valedictory speech. I have been in this place 23 years. I hope that, during that time, I have left the occasional footprint in the sand, but I am under no illusion. Only a handful of those of us who...

• Government and the Legislature 25 Mar 2010

  I defer to my right hon. Friend. We are on our ninth or 10th Prisons Minister. I was the sixth Africa Minister and the current incumbent is the ninth. That does not make for good government. I turn briefly to our 24-hour media. The free flow of information is the lifeblood of democracy, but I do wonder if we politicians have not gone too far in trying to ride the tiger. Perhaps future Prime...

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