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Ian Swales is a former MP for Redcar.

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Former Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar

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

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

• Wikipedia page

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Energy and Climate Change
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Health
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Energy
• Ministerial Policy Advisers
• Wind Power
• Insolvency Service: Stockton on Tees
• Breast Cancer

Other offices held in the past

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 25 Nov 2013)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Jun 2014)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Vera Baird
• Mo Mowlam
• James Tinn

Future MPs in this constituency

• Anna Turley
• Jacob Young
• Anna Turley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 26)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Bill Presented: Clause 6 — Charge for financial year 2016 25 Mar 2015

  Another thing that the Government have done is to move towards localising business rates again. Certainly my part of the world, which had huge industrial sites such as the one I have mentioned, was pretty nonplussed when all that money was collected by a Government in the 1980s, taken to the centre and then doled out in different proportions. We need to move towards more localisation, not...

• Bill Presented: Clause 6 — Charge for financial year 2016 25 Mar 2015

  This might be my last contribution in this place, so I would like to say what a great privilege it has been to represent the people of Redcar for the past five years. I thank colleagues for making my time here such a vivid experience. I would struggle to apply the word “vivid” to the many Finance Bill Committees and finance debates I have taken part in, but overall I have had a terrific...

• Bill Presented: Clause 6 — Charge for financial year 2016 25 Mar 2015

  The economy of the country is an ecosystem. No company exists in isolation and each relates to other companies. One measure that we are not talking about this afternoon is the cut in fuel duty, which is enormously helpful to rural citizens and rural companies, so the Government have taken some steps, although that is probably not relevant to this debate. Of course, we expect people to pay...

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