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Simon Hughes is a former MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark.

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Proffil

Cyn Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol MP am Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 24 Chwefror 1983 — unknown

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

Also represented North Southwark and Bermondsey; Southwark and Bermondsey; Southwark Bermondsey

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• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Home Department
• Health
• Energy and Climate Change
• Education and Skills
• Treasury
• Asylum Seekers
• Probation Service
• Criminal Offences
• Prisons
• Police

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (18 Rha 2013 to 8 Mai 2015)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 5 Tach 2012 to 27 Ion 2014)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (26 Hyd 2010 to 25 Chw 2014)
• Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats ( 9 Meh 2010 to 29 Ion 2014)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ( 8 Ion 2009 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (20 Rha 2007 to 8 Ion 2009)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (26 Hyd 2007 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Member, Conventions (Joint Committee) (17 Mai 2006 to 31 Hyd 2006)
• Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (10 Maw 2006 to 9 Mai 2007)
• Shadow Attorney General (10 Mai 2005 to 20 Rha 2007)
• Party Chair, Liberal Democrats ( 1 Ion 2005 to 31 Rha 2008)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (31 Ion 2002 to 5 Mai 2005)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) ( 1 Meh 1999 to 1 Meh 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Meh 1995 to 1 Meh 1999)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 1 Meh 1992 to 1 Meh 1994)
• Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) ( 1 Meh 1989 to 1 Meh 1999)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Education) ( 1 Meh 1988 to 1 Meh 1992)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Meh 1988 to 1 Hyd 1988)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 1 Meh 1983 to 1 Meh 1988)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Neil Coyle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Compensation Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
• Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (5 out of 7)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• The Shrewsbury 24 24 Mar 2015

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Blaydon (Mr Anderson); he knows that I respect hugely his commitment to this issue. I will not repeat myself, but he also knows from the large debate that we had on the Floor of the House in January last year that I am very sympathetic to the cause that was the basis of the dispute. I...

• The Shrewsbury 24 24 Mar 2015

  I absolutely understand the hon. Gentleman’s drawing that conclusion. To be fair—trying to step back for a second—the fact that nothing has been said can be open to interpretation in either direction, but I completely understand the view that if there were nothing to hide, someone might have said that. Legalistically, however, people might rightly have said that they could make no...

• The Shrewsbury 24 24 Mar 2015

  Within my powers as a Minister in the Ministry of Justice I have done all that I can do. I do not have the power to direct other Departments to release documents for which they have the responsibility. The process is: application to the Department, which the researcher of the hon. Member for Blaydon has made, and, if turned down, a Freedom of Information Act appeal to the commissioner and to...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Simon Hughes