Edward Garnier - Revision history

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-[[File:Edward Garnier.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Edward Garnier]] Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.
+[[File:Edward Garnier.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Edward Garnier]] Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the former [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.
 Garnier was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Cabinet in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], ''BBC News'', 4 September 2012.</ref>
-In the general election in May 2015, Garnier retained his seat gaining a majority of 19,632. <ref> [http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/mail-news/general-election-2015-conservative-sir-edward-garnier-wins-harborough-vote-1-6733357 GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Conservative Sir Edward Garnier wins Harborough vote] ''Harborough Mail'', 8 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
+Garnier stood down ahead of the 2017 general election. In the general election in May 2015, Garnier retained his seat gaining a majority of 19,632. <ref> [http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/mail-news/general-election-2015-conservative-sir-edward-garnier-wins-harborough-vote-1-6733357 GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Conservative Sir Edward Garnier wins Harborough vote] ''Harborough Mail'', 8 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
 ==Outside interests==

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 [[File:Edward Garnier.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Edward Garnier]] Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.
-Garnier was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Government in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], ''BBC News'', 4 September 2012.</ref>
+Garnier was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Cabinet in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], ''BBC News'', 4 September 2012.</ref>
 ==Outside interests==

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 ==Outside interests==
-Garnier has come under scrutiny for being one of the highest earning MPs who have jobs outside of parliament. In 2014 he earned £275,584 working as a QCin addition to his salary as an MP. He has defended his work, saying that his experience as a barrister has made him a better MP, and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>
+Garnier has come under scrutiny for being one of the highest earning MPs who have jobs outside of parliament. In 2014 he earned £275,584 working as a QC in addition to his salary as an MP. He has defended this, saying his experience as a barrister has made him a better MP, and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>
-Garnier told ''The Guardian'' he felt it is 'essential that the Commons, and thus the frontbench teams in both government and opposition, are not just reserved for professional politicians without experience of the world outside Westminster … Parliament is the better for having MPs who do not spend and have not spent their whole time inside politics'. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/23/twenty-mps-declare-over-100000-from-second-jobs Twenty MPs declare more than £100,000 from second jobs] ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2014, accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
+Garnier told the ''Guardian'' he felt it is 'essential that the Commons, and thus the frontbench teams in both government and opposition, are not just reserved for professional politicians without experience of the world outside Westminster … Parliament is the better for having MPs who do not spend and have not spent their whole time inside politics'. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/23/twenty-mps-declare-over-100000-from-second-jobs Twenty MPs declare more than £100,000 from second jobs] ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2014, accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
 ==Register of interests==

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-[[File:Edward Garnier.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Edward Garnier]]
+[[File:Edward Garnier.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Edward Garnier]] Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.
-He was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Government in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], BBC News, 4 September 2012.</ref>
+Garnier was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Government in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], ''BBC News'', 4 September 2012.</ref>
-As one of the highest earning MP's from jobs outside of parliament Garnier has come under recent scrutiny. He is reported to have earnt £275,584 in 2014 working as a QC.
+==Outside interests==
-He has however defended this, stating that being an experienced barrister made him a better MP and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>
+Garnier has come under scrutiny for being one of the highest earning MPs who have jobs outside of parliament. In 2014 he earned £275,584 working as a QCin addition to his salary as an MP. He has defended his work, saying that his experience as a barrister has made him a better MP, and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>
-Garnier told ''The Guardian'' in 2014 that he felt it is 'essential that the Commons, and thus the frontbench teams in both government and opposition, are not just reserved for professional politicians without experience of the world outside Westminster … Parliament is the better for having MPs who do not spend and have not spent their whole time inside politics.' <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/23/twenty-mps-declare-over-100000-from-second-jobs Twenty MPs declare more than £100,000 from second jobs] ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2014, accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
+Garnier told ''The Guardian'' he felt it is 'essential that the Commons, and thus the frontbench teams in both government and opposition, are not just reserved for professional politicians without experience of the world outside Westminster … Parliament is the better for having MPs who do not spend and have not spent their whole time inside politics'. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/23/twenty-mps-declare-over-100000-from-second-jobs Twenty MPs declare more than £100,000 from second jobs] ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2014, accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
 ==Register of interests==
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 Clients include [[DLA Piper]] from January 2014 - Garnier sought advice from [[ACOBA]] to accept a retainer with DLA Piper in September 2013.
-:The Committee advised Sir Edward that is saw no reason why he should not take the post forthwith, subject to the conditions that:
+:The Committee advised Sir Edward that is saw no reason why he should not take the post, subject to the conditions that:
 - that he should not draw on any privileged information available to him as a Minister; and
 - for two years his your last day in ministerial office, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of his new employer, its parent company or its clients.

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 As one of the highest earning MP's from jobs outside of parliament Garnier has come under recent scrutiny. He is reported to have earnt £275,584 in 2014 working as a QC.
-He has however defended this, stating that being an experienced barrister made him a better MP and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref> Garnier told the Guardian in 2014 that he felt it is 'ssential that the Commons, and thus the frontbench teams in both government and opposition, are not just reserved for professional politicians without experience of the world outside Westminster … Parliament is the better for having MPs who do not spend and have not spent their whole time inside politics.' <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/23/twenty-mps-declare-over-100000-from-second-jobs Twenty MPs declare more than £100,000 from second jobs] ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2014, accessed 19 March 2015 </ref>
+He has however defended this, stating that being an experienced barrister made him a better MP and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>
 ==Register of interests==

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	He was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Government in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], BBC News, 4 September 2012.</ref>		He was appointed Solicitor General in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> He left the Government in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job], BBC News, 4 September 2012.</ref>
		+	As one of the highest earning MP's from jobs outside of parliament Garnier has come under recent scrutiny. He is reported to have earnt £275,584 in 2014 working as a QC.
		+	He has however defended this, stating that being an experienced barrister made him a better MP and that his constituents were able to vote him out if they objected to it. <ref> Tom Moseley [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31619780 What MPs do as second jobs] bbc, 25 February 2015, accessed 16 March 2015 </ref>

	==Register of interests==		==Register of interests==

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	Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the Conservative MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.		Sir [[Edward Garnier]] QC is the Conservative MP for Harborough. He is a Queens Counsel in private practice.