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Russell Brown is a former MP for Dumfries and Galloway.

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Proffil

Cyn Llafur MP am Dumfries and Galloway

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 1 Mai 1997 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 30 Mawrth 2015 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Dumfries

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @russellbrownmp
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Defence
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Scotland
• Home Department
• Departmental Staff
• Social Security Benefits
• Afghanistan
• Housing Benefit: Scotland
• Ports: Police

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Minister (Scotland) ( 7 Hyd 2013 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (18 Maw 2013 to 7 Hyd 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 7 Hyd 2011)
• Member, International Development Committee (12 Gor 2010 to 2 Tach 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office (30 Rha 2008 to 16 Ion 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence ( 4 Aws 2008 to 29 Med 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence ( 7 Tach 2007 to 29 Ion 2008)
• PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (11 Hyd 2007 to 25 Hyd 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence (11 Hyd 2007 to 25 Hyd 2007)
• PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (26 Gor 2007 to 26 Gor 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence (26 Gor 2007 to 26 Gor 2007)
• PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (16 Gor 2007 to 23 Gor 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence (16 Gor 2007 to 23 Gor 2007)
• PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence (28 Meh 2007 to 7 Tach 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office (28 Meh 2007 to 16 Hyd 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for Transport (27 Meh 2006 to 28 Meh 2007)
• Member, Conventions (Joint Committee) (17 Mai 2006 to 31 Hyd 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Scotland Office ( 8 Mai 2006 to 28 Meh 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Scotland Office (10 Tach 2005 to 8 Mai 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department for Transport (10 Tach 2005 to 8 Mai 2006)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (12 Rha 2001 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (16 Gor 2001 to 12 Gor 2005)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (16 Gor 2001 to 17 Tach 2003)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (29 Tach 1999 to 11 Mai 2001)
• Member, Deregulation Committee ( 5 Gor 1999 to 11 Mai 2001)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (17 Tach 1998 to 10 Rha 1998)
• Member, European Legislation Committee (15 Gor 1997 to 17 Tach 1998)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Richard Arkless
• Alister Jack
• John Cooper

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (4 out of 13)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Autism Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Hunting Bill Committee (24 out of 31)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (12 out of 19)
• Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (2 out of 3)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Today’s Business of the House 26 Mar 2015

  May I quietly remind the Leader of the House that during the last Parliament, when he was on the Opposition side of the House and I sat on the Government, he spoke before me in a debate and I then paid him the compliment—some might say it was not a compliment—that in my view, he was quite frankly the best of a bad bunch on the Opposition Benches? I have to say to him that he has gone down...

• Vaccine Damage Payments Act — [Mr Martin Caton in the Chair] 24 Mar 2015

  On that point, it became abundantly clear, when I met the two ladies whom I mentioned in respect of their daughters and the HPV vaccine, that one of those mothers faced a major challenge in pursuing the local health authority to get the card recording exactly what had happened. There appeared to be some reluctance, although I am not sure what was underpinning all that. Some people have faced...

• Vaccine Damage Payments Act — [Mr Martin Caton in the Chair] 24 Mar 2015

  I appreciate what the Minister is saying. Will she give hon. Members in the Chamber her personal thoughts on the balance of probability?

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Russell Brown