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Alex Chalk is a former MP for Cheltenham.

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Former Conservative MP for Cheltenham

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @alexchalkchelt
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Alex Chalk campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Stalking
• Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
• Extended Schools
• General Practitioners: Insurance
• Children: Maintenance

Other offices held in the past

• The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (21 Apr 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (26 Oct 2022 to 21 Apr 2023)
• The Solicitor-General (16 Sep 2021 to 5 Jul 2022)
• Assistant Whip (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• Member, Justice Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 21 Jan 2019)
• Member, Justice Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Martin Horwood
• Nigel Jones
• Charles Irving
• Douglas Dodds-Parker
• William Beach
• Daniel Lipson
• Walter Preston
• James Agg-Gardner
• Richard Mathias
• Duncannon
• John Sears
• James Agg-Gardner
• Francis Russell
• James Agg-Gardner
• Charles De Ferrieres
• James Agg-Gardner
• Henry Samuelson
• Charles Schreiber
• Francis Berkeley
• Charles Berkeley
• Craven Berkeley
• Charles Berkeley
• Craven Berkeley
• Willoughby Jones
• Craven Berkeley

Future MPs in this constituency

• Max Wilkinson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Written Ministerial Statements — Ministry of Justice: Whiplash Reform: Completion of the Lord Chancellor’s review of the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 22 May 2024

  I would like to announce today that I have completed my review of the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) following careful consideration of the available data and evidence, including submissions to the ‘Statutory review of the Whiplash Tariff’ Call for Evidence. Part 1, Section 3 of the Civil Liability Act provides for the Lord Chancellor to set a tariff of damages for...

• Justice: Children Remanded in Custody 14 May 2024

  Custody is reserved for those convicted or accused of the most grave offences, and the total number of children in detention has fallen by 82% since 2010. Before a child can be remanded, the court must be satisfied that it is very likely that the defendant will receive a custodial sentence, and must have explicitly considered and rejected the option of remanding him or her into local...

• Justice: Children Remanded in Custody 14 May 2024

  The hon. Lady makes an important and compassionate point. It is absolutely right that we should invest in the estate, and I am pleased that we are investing in a new secure school, which will open soon. She makes an important point about the decision to remand. Those decisions are made by independent judges—that is correct—but I hope that she will join me in recognising that the reduction...

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