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Ruth George is a former MP for High Peak.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for High Peak

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Social Media

• @RuthGeorge6
• https://facebook.com/ruthgeorgehp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Treasury
• Universal Credit
• Universal Credit: Fraud
• Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Children: Day Care

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Andrew Bingham
• Tom Levitt
• Charles Hendry
• Christopher Hawkins
• Spencer Le Marchant
• Peter Jackson
• David Walder
• Arthur Molson
• Alfred Law
• Samuel Hill-Wood
• Oswald Partington
• William Sidebottom

Future MPs in this constituency

• Robert Largan
• Jonathan Pearce

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Civil Liability Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Retail Crime Prevention — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 5 Nov 2019

  I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) for introducing this important debate. Even on the last day of this Parliament, it is important that both sides of the House look at the position of shopworkers in the run-up to Christmas, because crime and violence against them has got worse. I pay tribute to USDAW, having worked on its Freedom from Fear campaign for...

• Retail Crime Prevention — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 5 Nov 2019

  I thank my right hon. Friend for securing such an excellent debate. Having worked for USDAW for nearly 20 years, I have spoken to thousands of shop workers who have suffered abuse. They often felt that their employer was not doing enough to be on the side of their staff who were facing abuse. That has happened over decades. Does he agree that the Government should take a lead on this and make...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Asthma: Prescriptions 4 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policy of the report entitled, A Hidden Harm: Why healthcare professionals want to stop unfair asthma prescription charges published by Asthma UK with the Royal College of Nursing, Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists and Primary Care Respiratory Society.

More of Ruth George’s recent appearances