David Cairns
Born
1966
Greenock
School
Notre Dame High School, Greenock
State non-selective
University
Pontifical Gregorian University
In office
3.4 years
Longer than 48% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
1 post · 2007–2008
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Minister of State, Scot
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
2 posts · 2005–2007
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, NIO
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scot
Career
Before Parliament 4
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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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) Bill2009 · Private member's bill (ballot)
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Went no further than first reading
Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) 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.