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Tom Harris is a former MP for Glasgow South.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Glasgow South

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

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

Also represented Glasgow Cathcart

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @TomHarrisMP
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Transport
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Scotland
• Marine Conservation Zones
• Asylum Seekers
• Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
• Railways: Franchises
• Fossil Fuels: Reserves

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Transport Committee ( 1 Dec 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Administration Committee ( 1 Jul 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (15 May 2012 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Member, Administration Committee ( 2 Nov 2010 to 22 Nov 2010)
• Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 26 Nov 2012)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 18 Nov 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) ( 6 Sep 2006 to 5 Oct 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State), Department of Health (10 Nov 2005 to 6 Sep 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon John Spellar, Minister of State), Northern Ireland Office (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 1 Mar 2004)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Stewart McDonald
• Gordon McKee

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Extradition Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of 39)
• Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 16)

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 14 Jan 2015

  Raif Badawi faces 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison because he wrote some articles with which his Government disagreed. Will the Prime Minister join me in condemning the barbaric and mediaeval regime of Saudi Arabia, and does he believe that our international alliances should be founded more on human rights and less on economic muscle?

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Copyright: EU Action 2 Dec 2014

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that European Commission proposals for reform of the European Copyright Framework do not undermine the principle that writers and other creators should be rewarded for their work.

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Network Rail 21 Nov 2014

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact the reclassification of Network Rail as a government body has had on (a) the financial position of the Government and (b) the financial position of Network Rail; and if he will make a statement.

More of Tom Harris’s recent appearances