Robert Goodwill
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 67 |
| Web site | www.robertgoodwill.co.uk |
| Date of birth | December 31,1956 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Terrington |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Maureen Short |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | Bootham School |
| Newcastle University | |
| Previous position | Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries of United Kingdom (2019–2019) |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 |
| Children | 3 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 535864 |
Robert Goodwill Life story
Sir Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer serving as Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber.
No targeted mental health support for flood-hit farmers
... But Sir Robert Goodwill, the Efra committee chair, said he was " disappointed" by the government s " rejection of measures to support the specific and identifiable mental health needs of those who live in rural areas"...
Reintroducing extinct species 'not a priority'
... Sir Robert Goodwill, chair of the Committee, told the BBC he was " disappointed" with the government response considering species were already being reintroduced...
Ofwat complacent over Thames Water affair - MP
... MP Sir Robert Goodwill said the regulator had questions to answer over whether it had " been asleep at the wheel" over the case...
Dolphins, whales and seals not protected by UK government, report finds
... " We can and should do more to stop this as we sign new post-Brexit trade deals worldwide, " Sir Robert Goodwill, the Conservative MP who is head of the committee, Another threat outlined in the report is to do with bycatch - which is when animals are caught in fishing operations targeting other species...
Farmers and vets facing mass cull trauma need more help
... Committee chairperson Sir Robert Goodwill said rural mental health needed to be a " top priority"...
Probe into more dead crabs and lobsters along North East coast
... That finding, which Whitby and Scarborough s Conservative MP and former fisheries minister Robert Goodwill said he was " inclined to believe, having seen the evidence" has been disputed by many fishermen, Chemical pollution and dredging have been repeatedly ruled out by Defra as likely causes...
New Year Honours: Political veteran Frank Field given exclusive honour
... Among other honours in the world of politics, former deputy House of Commons Speaker and Labour MP Sylvia Heal becomes a dame, while there are knighthoods for Conservative MPs Robert Goodwill and Bill Wiggin...
Coronavirus: Easter warnings from the police, parks and councils
... Robert Goodwill, the Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, said he would have said, selfish individuals came to her second home and vacation on the coast of Yorkshire...
New Year Honours: Political veteran Frank Field given exclusive honour
A former minister who served as an MP for 40 Years is to receive one of the UK's most exclusive accolades in the New Year 's Honours list.
Lord Field of Birkenhead - formerly Frank Field - becomes a Companion of Honour, a title shared by a maximum of 65 people at one time.
He joins figures including musicians Sir Paul Mccartney and Sir Elton John , and author JK Rowling.
Lord Field said it was a " lovely thought" to be added.
Among other honours in The World of politics, former deputy House of Commons Speaker and Labour MP Sylvia Heal becomes a dame, while there are knighthoods for Conservative MPs Robert Goodwill and Bill Wiggin .
Lord Field was MP for Birkenhead , Merseyside, from 1979 to 2019, first as a Labour MP then, towards the end of his career, as an independent.
A long-time campaigner for pensions change and against Child Poverty , he served from 1997 to 1998 as welfare reform minister in Tony Blair 's government.
In October, Lord Field revealed he was terminally ill and had spent Time In a hospice.
Responding to being made a Companion of Honour, He Said : " Well, I'm very honoured to receive this acknowledgement. It's a terrific privilege considering the honour itself and what it represents.
" Following The Work I've done, it's a lovely thought from which to conclude this year. "
He joins former Chancellor George Osborne and former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit as a member of the comprised of people deemed to have made a major contribution over time to The Arts , science, medicine, or government.
Lord Field - a friend of late Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - quit Labour's group in Parliament in 2018, saying Jeremy Corbyn 's leadership had become " a force for anti-Semitism in British politics".
He was made a non-affiliated, crossbench peer by The Conservative government in 2020, after campaigning in favour of Brexit.
Dame Sylvia Heal was the MP for Mid-Staffordshire from 1990 to 1992 and represented Halesowen and Rowley Regis between 1997 and 2010. She served as a deputy Speaker from 2000 to 2010.
Sir Robert Goodwill , Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005, was formerly a minister in the Home Office and education and agriculture departments.
And fellow Tory Sir Bill Wiggin , who has represented North Herefordshire since 2010, is a former shadow Welsh secretary who has served on numerous parliamentary committees.
Source of news: bbc.com
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