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Craig Whittaker is a former MP for Calder Valley.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Calder Valley

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

• @CWhittaker_MP
• https://facebook.com/whittaker4mp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Craig Whittaker campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Education
• Defence: Procurement
• Special Educational Needs
• Food: Advertising
• Food: Marketing
• Fraud: Land

Currently held offices

• Assistant Whip (since 15 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Committee of Selection (11 Oct 2022 to 7 Nov 2022)
• The Treasurer of HM Household ( 7 Sep 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 8 Jul 2022 to 7 Sep 2022)
• Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 14 Dec 2021)
• Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (20 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (20 Sep 2021 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (10 Nov 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household (16 Apr 2019 to 10 Sep 2019)
• Member, Committee of Selection ( 5 Sep 2018 to 4 Sep 2019)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 9 Jan 2018 to 16 Apr 2019)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Member, Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014 Committee (11 Jun 2014 to 30 Oct 2014)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris McCafferty
• Donald Thompson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Josh Fenton-Glynn

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Nationality and Borders Committee (1 out of 1)
• Professional Qualifications Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• National Citizen Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (6 out of 13)
• Children and Families Bill Committee (11 out of 19)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Motorcycles: Driving Licences 9 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on assessing the Motorcycle Industry Association’s proposal for assessors from approved training bodies to carry out licence upgrades for vehicles up to 22kw.

• Prime Minister: Engagements 24 Apr 2024

  Levelling up, which my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) mentioned earlier, is absolutely on fire in the Calder Valley, with £196.5 million for hospital reconfiguration, £150 million for flood defences, no fewer than 11 schools being remodelled or rebuilt as we speak, £45 million for the regeneration of three town centres and Elland getting a new railway...

• Business of the House 18 Apr 2024

  As a keen motorcyclist, I welcome the Government setting out an ambitious vision for the moped, motorcycle and entire powered light vehicle sector in their 2021 transport decarbonisation plan. A road map to realising that vision is in their joint action plan with the Motorcycle Industry Association. The key to reducing emissions and alleviating congestion is improving access to the sector...

More of Craig Whittaker’s recent appearances