People

Gordon Marsden MP

• Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
• Labour Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since 1997
• Shadow Minister for  Communities & Local Government (2010-)
• Member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee (2007-9); member of the Education & Skills Select Committee (2005-7)

Lord Boswell of Aynho

• Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
• Raised to the Peerage as Lord Boswell of Aynho in 2010
• Conservative Member of Parliament for Daventry 1987 - 2010
• Shadow Minister for Further and Higher Education and Disabilities (1999-2001); Minister at Department of Education (1992-5)

Baroness Sharp of Guildford

• Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
• Raised to the Peerage as Baroness Sharp of Guildford in 1998
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson in the Lords for; Innovation, Universities and Skills (07-09); FE, HE and Skills (04-07); Education and Skills (2000-04)

 Stephen Williams MP

• Secretary, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
• Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bristol West since 2005
• Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007-10); Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education (2006-07); Member of the Education and Skills/ Children, Schools and Families Select Committee (2005-08)

Eric Joyce MP

• Co-Vice Chair, Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
• Labour Member of Parliament for West Falkirk (2000-05) and Falkirk since 2005
• PPS to John Hutton at Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (07-08) and at Department for Work and Pensions (2006-07)

Qualifying Members