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[[Mark Simmonds]] has been the Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness since 2001.  
 
[[Mark Simmonds]] has been the Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness since 2001.  
  
He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] from September 2012 until 2014.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-simmonds/1393 Mark Simmonds], www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.</ref> He resigned from the Government on 11 August 2014.<ref name="Reshuffle110814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-11-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: 11 August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 11 August 2014.</ref>
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He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] from September 2012 for almost two years.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-simmonds/1393 Mark Simmonds], www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.</ref>  
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He resigned from the Government on 11 August 2014.<ref name="Reshuffle110814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-11-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: 11 August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 11 August 2014.</ref>
  
 
==Political career==
 
==Political career==

Revision as of 01:20, 22 April 2015

Mark Simmonds

Mark Simmonds has been the Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness since 2001.

He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from September 2012 for almost two years.[1]

He resigned from the Government on 11 August 2014.[2]

Political career

Simmons' parliamentary career has included posts as:

  • shadow minister (Health) 2003-04
  • shadow minister (Education) 2004-04
  • shadow minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) 2004-05,
  • shadow minister (International Development) 2005-07
  • shadow minister (Health) 2007-10

External meetings

In January 2013 met with:[3]

In March 2013:[3]

  • Visited the offices of BG Group, Dar es Salaam 'to discuss oil and gas opportunities for UK companies in Tanzania and in the East African region'
  • Met with Centrica plc 'to discuss energy issues'
  • Standard Chartered Bank 'to discuss Africa'


Notes

  1. Mark Simmonds, www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.
  2. Ministerial appointments: 11 August 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 11 August 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Transparency data: Ministers: Quarterly return - January to March 2013 - Meetings with external organisations, published July 2013, accessed 5 November 2014