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Tim Yeo is a former MP for South Suffolk.

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Former Conservative MP for South Suffolk

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Culture Media and Sport
• Trade and Industry
• Transport
• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Millennium Dome
• Press Subscriptions
• Golden Jubilee
• Parliamentary Questions
• Foot and Mouth

Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (21 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Energy and Climate Change Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Energy and Climate Change Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) (18 Mar 2007 to 3 Aug 2007)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (15 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (15 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (14 Dec 2005 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (14 Dec 2005 to 15 Dec 2005)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 27 Feb 2006)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (14 Jun 2004 to 5 May 2005)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Health (10 Nov 2003 to 14 Jun 2004)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry) (23 Jul 2002 to 10 Nov 2003)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (18 Sep 2001 to 23 Jul 2002)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 2 Jun 1998 to 18 Sep 2001)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party ( 1 Jan 1998 to 2 Jun 1998)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 4 Nov 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Employment Committee (31 Oct 1994 to 17 Oct 1996)
• Minister (Department of Environment) (Environment and Countryside) (27 May 1993 to 6 Jan 1994)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (15 Apr 1992 to 27 May 1993)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (28 Nov 1990 to 15 Apr 1992)
• Member, Social Services Committee ( 6 Jan 1985 to 13 Dec 1988)

Future MPs in this constituency

• James Cartlidge

Recent appearances

• Ways and Means — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law 20 Mar 2015

  It is a particular pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown). I remember a happy period at the end of the previous century when I debated with him—he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for three years—probably more often than I have ever debated with anyone. The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), who led for the...

• Ways and Means — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law 20 Mar 2015

  I am indeed coming to the end of my speech. I am afraid that I had missed that detail in the Budget, so I am glad that my right hon. Friend mentioned it. We must be mindful of the costs of low-carbon technologies. Some of them, such as solar, are within sight of needing no subsidy at all. Let us facilitate their expansion, and not obstruct it through the planning system. Onshore wind...

• Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy 19 Mar 2015

  Does my right hon. Friend agree that one very effective way to address the issues raised by intermittency from renewable generation is greater use of demand-side management, which is both cost-effective and environmentally attractive? As we get more sophisticated in our use of demand response, the balance can be maintained even with intermittent peaks and troughs in generation.

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