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Charles Hendry is a former MP for Wealden.

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Former Conservative MP for Wealden

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

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

Also represented High Peak

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Energy and Climate Change
• Education and Skills
• Trade and Industry
• Health
• Home Department
• Connexions
• Departmental Websites
• Renewable Energy
• Training Courses
• Postal Services

Other offices held in the past

• The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (13 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (19 Jan 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) ( 6 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) ( 8 Dec 2005 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Shadow Minister (Higher Education and Intellectual Property) (10 May 2005 to 8 Dec 2005)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 8 Dec 2003 to 14 Jun 2004)
• Deputy Chair, Conservative Party ( 1 Jul 2003 to 1 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Children, Young People and Families) ( 1 Jun 2002 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Jun 2001 to 1 Jun 2002)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party ( 1 Jul 1995 to 1 Jul 1997)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (16 Nov 1994 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Procedure Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 24 Mar 1995)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Geoffrey Johnson Smith

Future MPs in this constituency

• Geoffrey Johnson Smith
• Nusrat Ghani

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
• Export Control Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Employment Bill Committee (17 out of 17)

Recent appearances

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  Thank you for that guidance, Mr Speaker, and I shall endeavour to show that consideration. This is for me where the journey ends—a journey that started when I was an 11-year-old and met Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, the MP where I grew up, and said to my parents that that was what I should like to do one day. I was incredibly fortunate some decades later to be selected as the candidate to...

• Infrastructure Bill [Lords]: New Clause 15 — Advice on likely impact of onshore petroleum on the carbon budget 26 Jan 2015

  My hon. Friend is talking about the extent to which we are increasingly dependent on imports. By 2030, probably 75% of our gas will be from imports. Does that not make the case for our doing more now on gas storage, as set out in new clauses 10 and 11? It takes more than five years to build such facilities, and our vulnerability is increasing all the time.

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Insurance: EU Law 9 Jan 2015

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been to the UK of the EU's Solvency II Initiative to date; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of that initiative.

More of Charles Hendry’s recent appearances