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Anthony D Wright is a former MP for Great Yarmouth.

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Former Labour MP for Great Yarmouth

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

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @tonywrightmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Health
• Home Department
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Jobcentre Plus
• Gambling
• Colorectal Cancer: Screening
• Hunting
• National Offender Management Service

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee ( 7 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, East of England Regional Select Committee ( 4 Mar 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Business and Enterprise Committee (18 Apr 2008 to 7 Oct 2009)
• Member, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 18 Apr 2008)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 21 Sep 2004)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Carttiss
• Ernest Kinghorn
• Percy Jewson
• Arthur Harbord
• Frank Meyer
• Arthur Harbord
• Arthur Fell
• John Colomb
• James Moorsom
• Henry Tyler
• James Goodson
• Edmund Lacon
• Henry Stracey
• Edmund Lacon
• Adolphus Young
• Edward Watkin
• John Mellor
• William McCullagh
• Charles Rumbold
• Edmund Lacon
• Charles Rumbold
• Joseph Sandars
• Arthur Lennox
• Octavius Coope
• William Wilshere
• Charles Rumbold
• William Wilshere
• Charles Rumbold
• Thomas Baring
• Charles Rumbold
• George Anson
• Thomas Anson
• Edmund Lacon
• William Loftus
• Edmund Lacon
• William Loftus
• Edward Harbord
• Giffin Wilson
• Stephen Lushington
• Edward Harbord
• Stephen Lushington
• Edward Harbord
• Thomas Jervis
• Thomas Troubridge
• Thomas Jervis
• Thomas Troubridge

Future MPs in this constituency

• Brandon Lewis
• Rupert Lowe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Patents Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Co-operatives and CommunityBenefit Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Teenage Pregnancy 6 Apr 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for a successor strategy to the teenage pregnancy strategy.

• Opposition Day — [5th Allotted Day]: Local Government (Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk) 9 Mar 2010

  I am 100 per cent. behind unitary authorities. Indeed, I am envious of the position that Norwich finds itself in of being offered the opportunity to have unitary status. My hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Mr. Blizzard) and I were fully supportive of a unitary authority for Great Yarmouth and Waveney, but that was not to be the case. We held that position some 13 or 14 years ago, when my...

• Opposition Day — [5th Allotted Day]: Local Government (Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk) 9 Mar 2010

  I do not think that the rest of the county has put its views forward on that, and the hon. Gentleman is not justified in saying that there will be such extra costs. I am looking forward to somebody promoting and supporting the concept of unitary authorities. I live in hope that one day in the very near future Yarmouth and Waveney can join together in a unitary authority and bring value for...

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