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Simon Burns is a former MP for Chelmsford.

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Proffil

Cyn Ceidwadwyr MP am Chelmsford

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 11 Mehefin 1987 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 3 Mai 2017 — Wedi'i ddiddymu ar gyfer etholiad

Also represented West Chelmsford

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Simon Burns campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Correspondence
• Members: Correspondence
• Parliamentary Questions
• Special Advisers
• Ministerial Travel

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• The Minister of State, Department for Transport ( 6 Med 2012 to 4 Hyd 2013)
• The Minister of State, Department of Health (13 Mai 2010 to 6 Med 2012)
• Member, Administration Committee ( 6 Tach 2006 to 30 Maw 2009)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (19 Rha 2005 to 9 Mai 2006)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 Rha 2005 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Ion 2001 to 10 Rha 2005)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 7 Tach 2000 to 11 Mai 2001)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 5 Gor 1999 to 12 Gor 2005)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) ( 1 Ion 1998 to 1 Ion 1999)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Social Security) ( 1 Mai 1997 to 1 Ion 1998)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 1 Ion 1997 to 1 Ion 1998)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (23 Gor 1996 to 2 Mai 1997)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 8 Gor 1995 to 23 Gor 1996)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (20 Gor 1994 to 7 Gor 1995)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Norman St John-Stevas
• Hubert Ashton
• Ernest Millington
• John Macnamara
• Ernest Millington
• John Macnamara
• Vivian Henderson
• Charles Howard-Bury
• Henry Curtis-Bennett
• Sydney Robinson
• Ernest Pretyman
• Frederick Rasch
• Thomas Usborne
• William Beadel

Future MPs in this constituency

• Vicky Ford
• Marie Goldman

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Investigatory Powers Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
• Crime and Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (19 out of 23)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• The Prime Minister Was Asked: Engagements 26 Apr 2017

  Mr Speaker, may I thank you for that? May I tell my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister that, for 30 years, I have had the privilege and the honour to represent the great people of Chelmsford? May I tell her that the great people of Chelmsford are perspicacious and that they have always wanted a Government who provide strong defences, a strong economy and strong leadership? May I also tell...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Staffing 25 Apr 2017

  What assessment she has made of the effect of increasing the number of prison staff on the (a) safety of prison officers and (b) capacity of prison staff to spend more time directly engaging with and supervising prisoners.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Staffing 25 Apr 2017

  I thank my right hon. Friend for the extremely kind and generous comments at the beginning of her answer. I welcome the fact that, following the recognition that more staff are needed at Chelmsford prison, new staff are now being trained up. Does she know when those staff are likely to come on stream, to ensure that we have the proper staffing levels and the proper protection for prison officers?

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Simon Burns