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Robert Courts is a former MP for Witney.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Witney

Entered the House of Commons on 20 October 2016 — Byelection

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

• Personal website

Social Media

• @robertcourts

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Agriculture: Subsidies
• A400M Aircraft: Procurement
• Military Aircraft: Sales
• Antidepressants
• Air Space

Other offices held in the past

• The Solicitor-General ( 7 Dec 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (14 Nov 2023 to 27 Feb 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (25 Oct 2023 to 7 Dec 2023)
• Chair, Defence Committee (25 Oct 2023 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Chair, Defence Committee (25 Oct 2023 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Member, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 7 Dec 2022)
• Member, Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 14 Dec 2022)
• Member, Defence Committee (25 Oct 2022 to 25 Oct 2023)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (25 Oct 2022 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Member, Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [Lords] Committee ( 4 Feb 2021 to 9 Feb 2021)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) ( 8 Sep 2020 to 20 Sep 2022)
• Member, International Trade Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 9 Nov 2020)
• Member, Justice Committee (21 Jan 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 5 Nov 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (16 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2018)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jan 2017 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Cameron
• Shaun Woodward
• Douglas Hurd

Future MPs in this constituency

• Charlie Maynard

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (1 out of 8)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ivory Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Civil Liability Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Attorney General: Attorney General: Disability 23 May 2024

  The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) receives its human resources shared service from the Government Legal Department (GLD). The GLD are signed up as Disability Confident and have progressed through the levels, achieving Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) status. Please note that, excluding the GLD, I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself...

• Written Answers — Attorney General: Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions 22 May 2024

  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a formal definition for ‘violent crime’, but it does hold management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Categories of either Homicide or Offences Against the Person at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with...

• Written Answers — Attorney General: Homicide: Prosecutions 22 May 2024

  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Homicide at completion of prosecution. Please note that homicide consists of a range of offences, including, among others: MurderAttempted murderConspiring or soliciting to commit murderManslaughter (corporate, gross...

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