Parmjit Dhanda

Former Labour MP for Gloucester

@ParmjitDhanda

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Parmjit Dhanda is a former MP for Gloucester.

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Former Labour MP for Gloucester

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

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

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Topics of interest

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Home Department
  • Health
  • Education and Skills
  • International Development
  • Israel
  • China
  • Liberia
  • Government E-services
  • Immigration

Other offices held in the past

  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills ( 3 Aug 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills ( 6 Jun 2006 to 3 Aug 2006)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills ( 8 May 2006 to 6 Jun 2006)
  • Assistant Whip (11 May 2005 to 8 May 2006)
  • Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (11 Jun 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

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Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Budget Deficit 16 Mar 2010

    At a time when we need to make savings, is my right hon. Friend aware that Gloucestershire has seven local authorities? There are too many councillors and too many local authorities, so in the run-up to the Budget will he consider allowing us to bring in unitary authorities in places such as Gloucestershire? We could save £16 million a year by reducing the number of authorities from seven to...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Child Migration 24 Feb 2010

    I welcome the Prime Minister's statement. The first time I came to know of this was a few years ago when I was a Minister and proposals were worked up by officials to reduce some of the funding for these child migrants. Thankfully, we saw that off. At one stage, I had to tell officials that I would resign rather than allow that to happen, so I welcome the extra funding pledged by the Prime...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Intermediate Care 23 Feb 2010

    It sounds as though some of the changes to the hospital trust in north-east Hertfordshire are similar to those taking place at the Gloucester Royal hospital in my constituency, where four hospital wards are to be closed by 1 April, according to the chief executive of the hospital trust. This significant change is happening without any prior consultation with MPs or those in the local health...

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