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Laurence Robertson is a former MP for Tewkesbury.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Tewkesbury

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @lrobertsonTewks
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Laurence Robertson campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Health
• Treasury
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Agriculture: Subsidies
• RAF Innsworth
• Ethiopia
• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (20 Mar 2024 to 17 Apr 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (15 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) (10 May 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (30 Oct 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) ( 1 Jun 2003 to 30 Oct 2003)
• Member, Education & Skills Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Nov 2001)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Jun 2001 to 1 Jun 2003)
• Member, Social Security Committee (22 Nov 1999 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 1999 to 23 May 2002)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Nov 1997 to 18 Jan 2000)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (28 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• William Hicks-Beach
• Michael Hicks-Beach
• John Dorington
• John Yorke
• Richard Martin
• William Price
• Edmund Lechmere
• John Yorke
• William Dowdeswell
• John Yorke
• Frederick Lygon
• James Martin
• John Martin
• Frederick Lygon
• Humphrey Brown
• John Martin
• Humphrey Brown
• John Martin
• William Dowdeswell
• John Martin
• Charles Hanbury-Tracy
• William Dowdeswell
• Charles Hanbury-Tracy
• John Martin
• John Dowdeswell
• John Martin
• John Dowdeswell
• John Martin
• John Dowdeswell
• John Martin
• John Dowdeswell
• John Martin
• Christopher Bethell-Codrington
• John Martin
• John Dowdeswell
• Charles Hanbury-Tracy
• Christopher Bethell-Codrington
• James Martin
• Christopher Bethell-Codrington
• James Martin

Future MPs in this constituency

• Cameron Thomas

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (6 out of 19)
• Chairman, Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Pension Schemes Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Overseas Electors Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Chairman, Fisheries Bill Committee (1 out of 11)
• Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Office of Communications Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill Committee (7 out of 7)

Recent appearances

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Clause 2 - Extent and Commencement 17 May 2024

  I am pleased to draw this debate to a close by thanking the Minister and the Opposition for their support, and in particular with regard to setting the date for the commencement of legislation. In that context, I also thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) for her amendments. I thank all hon. Members who have spoken in this debate and particularly those who...

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Clause 2 - Extent and Commencement 17 May 2024

  I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am pleased that the Bill’s passage through the House has been relatively smooth, so I thank the Government and indeed the Opposition for their support. Although the Bill’s scope is narrow, it will provide financial assurance to those who have received the devastating diagnosis of a terminal illness and who have also seen the...

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Clause 2 - Extent and Commencement 17 May 2024

  I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) for tabling her amendments and for discussing them with me over the last few days. We have worked to try to ensure that the best outcome is found. She makes the point that when there is a general election coming, albeit that that is an unusual circumstance—one hopes that it will arise only every five years—it throws...

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