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Henry Smith is a former MP for Crawley.

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Former Conservative MP for Crawley

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @HenrySmithUK
• https://facebook.com/henrysmithmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Henry Smith campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Department for Transport
• Home Office
• Animal Experiments
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Haematological Cancer
• Air Passenger Duty
• Animal Experiments: Primates

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories (14 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)
• Member, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 8 Dec 2021)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (13 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Development Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Laura Moffatt
• Nicholas Soames

Future MPs in this constituency

• Peter Lamb

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Animal Experiments 22 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2022, published on 25 April 2024, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) help increase compliance with (i) legislation and (ii) licence conditions with respect to the provision of care for animals and (b) support the replacement of animal (A) research...

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Net Zero Target 21 May 2024

  What progress she has made on reaching the Government’s 2050 net zero target.

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Net Zero Target 21 May 2024

  I congratulate the Government on us being one of the first major economies in the world to set out the ambition for net zero carbon emissions by 2050. What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to a revenue support mechanism for sustainable aviation, as well as ensuring that feedstock for sustainable aviation fuels...

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