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Robert Goodwill is a former MP for Scarborough and Whitby.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @transportgovuk

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Robert Goodwill campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Home Department
• Department for Transport
• Treasury
• Buses: Exhaust Emissions
• Motor Vehicles: Registration
• Dental Services
• Motor Vehicles: Testing
• Driving: Licensing

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (25 May 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (25 May 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (25 May 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements (25 May 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (10 Nov 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 Jul 2022)
• The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 5 Mar 2019 to 25 Jul 2019)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 5 Mar 2018 to 8 Apr 2019)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (22 Jan 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Minister of State (Education) (12 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• The Minister for Immigration (15 Jul 2016 to 11 Jun 2017)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2016)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) ( 3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 8 Nov 2006 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 11 Dec 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lawrie Quinn
• Michael Shaw
• Alexander Spearman
• Herbert Latham
• Sidney Herbert
• Gervase Beckett

Future MPs in this constituency

• Alison Hume

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (11 out of 15)
• Nationality and Borders Committee (1 out of 1)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Down Syndrome Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sustainable Farming Incentive 15 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the proportion of applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive made in the last 12 months in which more than (a) 25%, (b) 50% and (c) 75% of the applicant's holding was focused on uses other than food production.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sustainable Farming Incentive 14 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of land covered by applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive was tenanted farmland in the 2023-24 financial year.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sustainable Farming Incentive 13 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the proportion of land covered in applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive in the last 12 months which is focused on uses other than food production.

More of Robert Goodwill’s recent appearances