About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Michael Shanks) represents you, and all of the people who live in Rutherglen, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Rutherglen

Entered the House of Commons on 6 October 2023 — Byelection

Also represented Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Treasury
• Department for Business and Trade
• Ministry of Defence
• UNRWA: Finance
• Unrwa
• UNRWA: Hamas
• Treasury: Correspondence
• Highway Code

Currently held offices

• Member, Great British Energy Bill Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (22 Jan 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Scotland) (28 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gregor Mackenzie
• Richard Brooman-White
• Gilbert McAllister
• Allan Chapman
• Herbert Moss
• David Hardie
• William Wright
• Adam Rodger

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Great British Energy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electricity Generation 4 Dec 2024

  To ensure security of supply, the electricity system requires generating capacity that can dispatch power in the event of high peak demand, unexpected outage or during periods of low renewable output. As we transition to clean power the government will work with the private sector to ensure flexible technologies such as hydrogen, long duration electricity storage and power with carbon capture...

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Biofuels: Electricity Generation 4 Dec 2024

  Government considers the use of sustainable biomass for electricity generation to be low carbon. This assessment takes into account emissions attributed to biomass from across the supply chain. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publishes territorial emissions estimates, found here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-territorial-gre...

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aviation 4 Dec 2024

  Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/desnz-ministerial -gifts-hospitality-travel-meetings-april-to-june-2024

More of Michael Shanks’s recent appearances

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