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| + | In 2013 Dr Lee voted against Britain's involvement in any military action in Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack. He explained that it was 'one of the most hardest decisions I have taken', but that 'the situation not just in Syria but across the whole of the Middle East is too important to make our response up as we go along' - 'we must have is a thought-through strategy towards Syria and the wider region before we get involved'. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10285989/If-we-must-fight-in-Syria-we-must-have-a-plan.html If we must fight in Syria, we must have a plan], The ''Telegraph'', 6 September 2013, accessed 10 March </ref> | ||
==Other parliamentary roles== | ==Other parliamentary roles== | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 10 March 2015
Phillip Lee is the British Conservative Party MP for Bracknell. He won the seat at the UK general election in May 2010 with a majority vote of 15,704. [1]
Lee is a qualified doctor, who continues to practice as a GP part-time.
He is a member of the Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee .
Voted against action in Syria
In 2013 Dr Lee voted against Britain's involvement in any military action in Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack. He explained that it was 'one of the most hardest decisions I have taken', but that 'the situation not just in Syria but across the whole of the Middle East is too important to make our response up as we go along' - 'we must have is a thought-through strategy towards Syria and the wider region before we get involved'. [2]
Other parliamentary roles
- Vice chairman at the Conservative Middle East Council since 2010
- Vice chairman at All Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing
- Member at medical panel of the parliamentary estate
- Member at energy and climate change select committee
- Member of the parliamentary environment group
- Executive vice chair at parliamentary space committee
Notes
- ↑ Dr Philip Lee MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 March 2015
- ↑ If we must fight in Syria, we must have a plan, The Telegraph, 6 September 2013, accessed 10 March
- ↑ About Dr Philip Lee MP Dr Phillip Lee MP, accessed 9 March 2015
