About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (George Freeman) represents you, and all of the people who live in Mid Norfolk, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @GeorgeFreemanMP
• https://facebook.com/GeorgeFreemanMidNorfolk

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

George Freeman campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Home Department
• Education
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Common Land
• Public Houses
• Poultry: EU Law
• Animals: Disease Control
• Stamp Duty Reserve Tax

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 7 Feb 2024)
• Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) ( 7 Feb 2023 to 13 Nov 2023)
• The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (26 Oct 2022 to 7 Feb 2023)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (17 Sep 2021 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Minister of State (Department for Transport) (26 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (15 Jul 2014 to 17 Jul 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (15 Jul 2014 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Keith Simpson
• Richard Ryder

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pet Abduction Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Farming and Food Security 8 Oct 2024

  As a distinguished vet, my hon. Friend is making a powerful case on welfare standards. Does he agree that one of the great prizes of British agriculture is that it sets such high welfare standards, and that one of the good things the last Government did was pass legislation on transporting animals, setting ever higher standards for UK farmers?

• Farming and Food Security 8 Oct 2024

  The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about young famers and mental health, and I know there is a brilliant project in his patch called Growing Well. Does he agree that the young farmers of this generation are very different from those who I grew up with, who were very much chemical farmers post-war? This generation believes in habitat and conservation, and all they ask for through...

• SEND Provision: East of England — [Sir Mark Hendrick in the Chair] 8 Oct 2024

  It is a great honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. May I start by thanking the hon. Member for Lowestoft (Jess Asato) for bringing colleagues from both sides of the House together? How we treat our vulnerable children seems to me to be one of those things that goes completely above and beyond party politics; we all see its importance. My family has never experienced this...

More of George Freeman’s recent appearances

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