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Bim Afolami is a former MP for Hitchin and Harpenden.

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Proffil

Cyn Ceidwadwyr MP am Hitchin and Harpenden

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 9 Mehefin 2017 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 30 Mai 2024 — Wedi'i ddiddymu ar gyfer etholiad

• Personal website

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @BimAfolami
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Chemicals: Health Hazards
• Made Smarter Review
• Refugees: Ukraine
• Transport: Refrigeration
• Housing: Construction

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (31 Ion 2024 to 7 Chw 2024)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (13 Tach 2023 to 5 Gor 2024)
• Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee (17 Mai 2023 to 29 Meh 2023)
• Member, Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (18 Ion 2023 to 25 Ion 2023)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (25 Hyd 2022 to 11 Rha 2023)
• Member, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (25 Hyd 2022 to 11 Rha 2023)
• Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee ( 7 Med 2022 to 18 Hyd 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Committee (19 Ion 2022 to 25 Ion 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee (12 Ion 2022 to 18 Ion 2022)
• Member, Dormant Assets Bill [HL] Committee (15 Rha 2021 to 11 Ion 2022)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 5 Maw 2018 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee ( 6 Tach 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Med 2017 to 22 Hyd 2018)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Lilley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Dormant Assets Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Charities Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parliamentary Constituencies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Environment Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
• Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Conduct Authority 24 May 2024

  I recognise that many in the financial services sector have concerns about the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed changes to its approach to enforcement. This is why the Chancellor and I have been clear that we believe the FCA should reconsider its proposals, in light of responses to its consultation, and considering its new growth and competitiveness objective. The...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Cash Dispensing: Wellingborough 23 May 2024

  In recognition that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those in vulnerable circumstances, the government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Northern Rock plc: Compensation 23 May 2024

  HM Treasury considers the issue of compensation for former Northern Rock shareholders to be settled. Both the Upper Tribunal in 2011 and the Court of Appeal in 2013 upheld the independent valuation of Northern Rock shares at nil value immediately prior to public ownership, and that no compensation was therefore due. HM Treasury does not intend to revisit this issue.

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