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Nick Raynsford is a former MP for Greenwich and Woolwich.

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Former Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich

Entered the House of Commons on 10 April 1986 — unknown

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

Also represented Greenwich; Fulham

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Work and Pensions
• Education
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Starter Home Initiative
• Housing
• Council Tax
• Departmental Legal Costs
• Written Questions: Government Responses

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Members' Expenses Committee (18 Jul 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission ( 1 Jan 2003 to 24 May 2005)
• Minister of State (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Local and Regional Government) (29 May 2002 to 10 May 2005)
• Minister of State (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions) (Local Government) (11 Jun 2001 to 28 May 2002)
• Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (The Regions) (29 Jul 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) ( 6 May 1997 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Member, Environment Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 13 Dec 1993)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ( 1 May 1986 to 15 May 1987)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) ( 1 May 1986 to 15 May 1987)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (30 Apr 1986 to 15 May 1987)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Matthew Pennycook

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Affordable Homes bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (23 out of 24)
• Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
• Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Local Government Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)

Recent appearances

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  I am pleased to follow the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir John Stanley), not least because, although we come from different political persuasions, he is the Member of the House I have known the longest, in that we both attended the same school more than 55 years ago. I recall inviting him to see examples of bad housing in the area of west London, where I worked in the late...

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: First Time Buyers 19 Mar 2015

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226673, whether starter homes provided under his proposed exceptions policy could be counted towards off-site affordable housing obligations owed by developers under section 106 agreements made in respect of other development sites.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: First Time Buyers 19 Mar 2015

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department made of the number of starter homes that could be provided on sites in commercial or industrial use that (a) were otherwise unlikely to be brought forward for residential purposes and (b) are not currently identified for residential development but which might be brought forward as a windfall...

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