Labour Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since 1997
PPS to Rt Hon Tessa Jowell at the Department for Culture Media and Sport (2003-5), member of the Education & Skills Select Committee (2005-7), member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee
Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
Conservative Member of Parliament for Daventry since 1987
Minister at Department of Education (1992-5)
Shadow Minister for Further and Higher Education and Disabilities (1999-2001)
Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education in the Lords
Led policy group on higher and further education
Secretary, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-Super-Mare since 2005
Member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee; Co-Chair of the FE and Lifelong Learning Parliamentary Group; PPS to Oliver Letwin as Chair of the Conservative Policy Review; Governor of Weston College
Treasurer, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
Labour Member of Parliament for Aberavon since 2001
Parliamentary Patron of NIACE, the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
Labour Member of Parliament for Wakefield since 2005
Seven years as a Trustee for Rathbone, national charity that provides training for disadvantaged young people in Wakefield and Huddersfield
APSG welcomes Conservative John Penrose MP as parliamentary officer Read More >
On 8th July 2008, the National Skills Forum and Associate Parliamentary Skills Group held their summ... Read More >