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Paul Howell is a former MP for Sedgefield.

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Former Conservative MP for Sedgefield

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Housing: Valuation
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Schools: Finance
• National Insurance Contributions
• Schools: Sports

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Prison Media Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 21 May 2024)
• Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (31 Jan 2024 to 7 Feb 2024)
• Member, Finance Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 16 Jan 2024)
• Member, Transport Committee (21 Nov 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 22 Nov 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 25 Jan 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee ( 9 Mar 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Phil Wilson
• Tony Blair
• David Reed
• Joseph Slater
• John Leslie
• Roland Jennings
• John Herriotts
• Leonard Ropner
• John Herriotts
• Rowland Burdon

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Prison Media Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• UK Infrastructure Bank Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Nationality and Borders Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Charities Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill Committee (0 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 23 May 2024

  I will be the last Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, but I hope to be the first Member of Parliament for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor. Like many colleagues, I would like thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and your colleagues for welcoming me to this place. He is not in the Chamber at the moment, but the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is a perfect example of cross-party working...

• Culture, Media and Sport: Youth Investment Fund 23 May 2024

  What assessment she has made of the impact of the youth investment fund on opportunities for young people.

• Culture, Media and Sport: Youth Investment Fund 23 May 2024

  Like others, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over my first Parliament—I hope to come back for another one with a different constituency name. On the substantive question, on Saturday 11 May I went to the Middleton St George scout hall to join the local lord lieutenant and deputy mayor as we opened their new scout hall, with more than £350,000 from the Conservative...

More of Paul Howell’s recent appearances