James Sunderland

Conservative MP for Bracknell

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Your MP (James Sunderland) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bracknell, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Conservative MP for Bracknell

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

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Topics of interest

  • Ministry of Defence
  • Foreign
  • Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Home Office
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Treasury
  • Passports: Applications
  • Royal Military Academy: Repairs and Maintenance
  • Care Homes: Coronavirus
  • Iran: Uranium
  • Veterans' Health Innovation Fund: Standards

Currently held offices

  • Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (since 7 Feb 2024)
  • Chair, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (since 4 Mar 2021)
  • Member, Procedure Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Firearms Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
  • Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)
  • Chair, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill ( 4 Mar 2021 to 14 Apr 2021)
  • Chair, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill ( 4 Mar 2021 to 14 Apr 2021)
  • Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (25 Feb 2021 to 4 Mar 2021)
  • Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (22 Feb 2021 to 22 Feb 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Women’s State Pension Age 25 Mar 2024

    I welcome today’s statement, and am very grateful for it. I know that the Secretary of State is under pressure this afternoon, but having received a lot of correspondence from my Bracknell constituents, as other Members have from theirs, let me ask a very objective question: does he have a personal message for those seeking a definitive outcome?
  • Women’s State Pension Age 25 Mar 2024

    I welcome today’s statement, and am very grateful for it. I know that the Secretary of State is under pressure this afternoon, but having received a lot of correspondence from my Bracknell constituents, as other Members have from theirs, let me ask a very objective question: does he have a personal message for those seeking a definitive outcome?
  • Defence: Armed Forces Personnel 25 Mar 2024

    The question of whether our armed forces are fit for purpose should centre on whether they can carry out the defence tasks set by the MOD, and I believe that they can. If I may carry on in the same vein as the previous response, does the Minister agree that Labour’s failure to commit to spending more than 2% of GDP on defence presents a much bigger risk to UK security than any objective...

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket with hospitality to watch the British Grand Prix, value £1,650
Date received: 9 July 2023
Date accepted: 9 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 882843
(Registered 02 August 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa - Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Bahrain, 30 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights, three nights’ hotel accommodation and entry to the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2023, estimated value £9,500
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 3-6 March 2023
Purpose of visit: Invited as Co-Chairman of APPG on Motorsport - visit included multiple meetings with senior Ministers from Bahrain Government, Formula 1 and individual race teams to discuss pressing international and domestic issues in motorsport.
(Registered 05 April 2023)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Address of donor: c/o Malaria No More UK, Room 202, 2nd Floor, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,600); accommodation (£620); malaria tablets (£30); food, in-country transport and other expenses (£180); total value £2,430
Destination of visit: Malawi
Dates of visit: 23-29 July 2023
Purpose of visit: As Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, to see the impact of malaria and neglected tropical diseases, and the challenges faced by government, NGOs, academic and research institutions, and local communities in tackling these diseases.
(Registered 01 August 2023)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Lloyds Bank plc, shares co-owned with my wife. (Registered 09 January 2020)

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