Tom Harris
Born
1964
Ayrshire
School
Garnock Academy, Kilbirnie
State non-selective
University
Edinburgh Napier University
In office
2.1 years
Longer than 28% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
1 post · 2006–2008
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DfT
Career
Before Parliament 7
After office 8
Bills sponsored
2
private member's bills, 2 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
Private member's bills 2
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Went no further than first reading
Parental Bereavement Leave (Statutory Entitlement) Bill2013 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) Bill2009 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.