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Derek Wyatt is a former MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

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Former Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @wyattd

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Culture Media and Sport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Health
• Transport
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Middle East: Armed Conflict
• Rushenden Link Road
• Correspondence
• Child Support Agency
• British Council

Other offices held in the past

• PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE, Minister of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Oct 2008)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Mar 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art ( 1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (10 Jan 2005 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Advisory Committee of Works of Art (28 May 2004 to 10 Jan 2005)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Gordon Henderson
• Kevin McKenna

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Office of Communications Bill Committee (3 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

  It is alarming, although not surprising, that it took me a search of the internet to discover exactly what amendments had been tabled, rather than finding out through the Vote Office. I have raised my confusion about the Bill with the Secretary of State privately. I own the e-mail system that is predominantly used by my family-I sign it off. If one of member of my family was illegally file...

• Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] 6 Apr 2010

  It is a pleasure to follow my great friend, the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster). Judging by what Opposition Front-Benchers said, I thought for one moment that he was going to be the MP for Bath and Munster, but perhaps not. I pay great thanks to the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Mr. Timms), who is on the...

• Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] 6 Apr 2010

  No, not yet. In January this year, Google had a problem in China, and it forgot to think about where it would take its problem. It decided then that it did not need to talk to the State Department in Washington, but it certainly is now, and the one good thing about Google's demise in China was a brilliant speech by Hillary Clinton about what the internet is and what it stands for. Her vision...

More of Derek Wyatt’s recent appearances