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 Before standing for Parliament himself Walker worked on election campaigns for [[Stephen Dorrell]] MP in 1997, [[Richard Adams]] in 2001 and worked for [[Oliver Letwin]] when he was shadow chancellor in 2005. <ref> Robin Walker, [http://www.walker4worcester.com/about_robin.php Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref>
-Walker still works for [[Finsbury]] on a part-time basis.  <ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
+Walker continued to work for [[Finsbury]] on a part-time basis.  <ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
 He has declared 'Clients of Finsbury Limited advised by me':
 *[[Tomkins]] plc, East Putney House 84 Upper Richmond Road London DW15, 2ST, diversified engineering company.

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 ==Membership of All Party Groups ==
-[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer]] | [[British-Argentine All-Party Parliamentary Group]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Governance and Leadership]], Vice Chair | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Promotion of First Past the Post]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration through Innovation]], Treasurer | [[Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group]] |  [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty]], Secretary | [[War Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group]] <ref> House of Commons [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/register.pdf Register of All Party Groups] 8 September 2011, accessed 12th October 2011 </ref>
+*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer]] | [[British-Argentine All-Party Parliamentary Group]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Governance and Leadership]], Vice Chair | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Promotion of First Past the Post]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration through Innovation]], Treasurer | [[Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group]] |  [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty]], Secretary | [[War Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group]] <ref> House of Commons [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/register.pdf Register of All Party Groups] 8 September 2011, accessed 12th October 2011 </ref>
 *[[All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]], member | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships]], Member | [[All-Party Parliamentary China Group]] - Vice-chair<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/china.htm China APPG], ''www.parliament.uk', accessed 23 November 2015</ref>

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 *[[BASF]]
 *[[Chemical Industries Association]]
-*[[INEOS]] 2016
+*[[INEOS]] - ?, November and December 2016
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Alcohol|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Alcohol Industry|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Lobbyists|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Health|Walker, Robin]]]][[Revolving Door|Walker, Robin]][[Category:MP|Walker, Robin]][[Category:British Politician|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Conservative Party|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Education|Walker, Robin]]

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 [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer]] | [[British-Argentine All-Party Parliamentary Group]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Governance and Leadership]], Vice Chair | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Promotion of First Past the Post]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy]] | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration through Innovation]], Treasurer | [[Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group]] |  [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty]], Secretary | [[War Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group]] <ref> House of Commons [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/register.pdf Register of All Party Groups] 8 September 2011, accessed 12th October 2011 </ref>
 *[[All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]], member | [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships]], Member | [[All-Party Parliamentary China Group]] - Vice-chair<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/china.htm China APPG], ''www.parliament.uk', accessed 23 November 2015</ref>
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Alcohol|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Alcohol Industry|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Lobbyists|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Health|Walker, Robin]]]][[Revolving Door|Walker, Robin]][[Category:MP|Walker, Robin]][[Category:British Politician|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Conservative Party|Walker, Robin]][[Category:Education|Walker, Robin]]

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-'''Robin Walker'''  is the parliamentary under secretary of state for Exiting the European Union and a former lobbyist. He was elected in the May 2010 general election as the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Worcester. <ref> Robin Walker [http://www.walker4worcester.com/ Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref> Walker's father [[Peter Walker]] was also Worcester MP between 1961 and 1992 and a member of the [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s cabinet.<ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
+'''Robin Walker'''  is the parliamentary under secretary of state for Exiting the European Union and a former PR and lobbyist at heavyweight firm [[Finsbury]].
-In the 2015 general election Walker was re-elected with a majority of 5,646. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/robin-walker/386 Robin Walker] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref>
+Walker was first elected in the May 2010 general election as the British [[Conservative Party]] MP for Worcester. <ref> Robin Walker [http://www.walker4worcester.com/ Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref> Walker's father [[Peter Walker]] was also Worcester MP between 1961 and 1992 and a member of the [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s cabinet.<ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
 ==Biography==
 Robin Walker was born in 1978 and attended Oxford.  [[Finsbury]], a PR and lobbying firm, was his employer from 2003-2010 where he became a partner. His website mentions some of the companies he represented "[[Pilkington]] plc, a number of major listings on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and the successful defence of [[Rio Tinto]] from a takeover by [[BHP Billiton]], one of the largest hostile transactions in history." <ref> Robin Walker, [http://www.walker4worcester.com/about_robin.php Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref>
-Before standing for parliament himself Walker worked on election campaigns for [[Stephen Dorrell]] MP in 1997, [[Richard Adams]] in 2001 and worked for [[Oliver Letwin]] when he was shadow chancellor in 2005. <ref> Robin Walker, [http://www.walker4worcester.com/about_robin.php Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref>
+Before standing for Parliament himself Walker worked on election campaigns for [[Stephen Dorrell]] MP in 1997, [[Richard Adams]] in 2001 and worked for [[Oliver Letwin]] when he was shadow chancellor in 2005. <ref> Robin Walker, [http://www.walker4worcester.com/about_robin.php Robin Walker MP, Member of Parliament for Worcester] accessed 11th October 2011</ref>
 Walker still works for [[Finsbury]] on a part-time basis.  <ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
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 *[[Trigon Agri]] A/S, Trigon Agri A/S Viru Valjack 2 Tallin Estonia, agribusiness (until
 July 2010). <ref> House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee, Formal Minutes of the Committee, Session 2013-14, interests declared by Robin Walker, p.8 </ref>
 ==Controversies==
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 Furthermore according to the investigation "In February 2011, Walker also tabled an amendment that watered down a backbench bill which proposed imposing a cap on the cost of taking out an unsecured loan. Two months later Finsbury started working on behalf of [[Wonga]], an online lender that charges interest rates of more than 2,600% a year". <ref> Melanie Newman, [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/10/01/questions-over-mps-conflicts-of-interests-raised/Questions raised over MPs’ conflicts of interests] ''The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism'', 1st October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
-Walker defended his behaviour to the Worcester News, "I never dealt with anyone in the brewery side or the financial side. As soon as I became an MP I went to the parliamentary standards people and asked them ‘should I put forward Finsbury’s whole client list?"...“They were very clear it should only be the companies I dealt with directly.” He went on to claim that with respect to amendments to the bill on capping the cost of  unsecured loans that he said "If we amended the wording, it was the only way to get it through" and he said it was "crazy" to suggest this was connected to [[Wonga]]'s contract with [[Finsbury]].<ref> Sarah Davies, [http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9286231.Walker_hits_back_in_beer_tax_row/ Walker hits back in beer tax row] ''Worcester News'' 4th October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
+Walker defended his behaviour to the Worcester News, "I never dealt with anyone in the brewery side or the financial side. As soon as I became an MP I went to the parliamentary standards people and asked them ‘should I put forward Finsbury’s whole client list?"...“They were very clear it should only be the companies I dealt with directly.” He went on to claim that with respect to amendments to the bill on capping the cost of unsecured loans that he said "If we amended the wording, it was the only way to get it through" and he said it was "crazy" to suggest this was connected to [[Wonga]]'s contract with [[Finsbury]].<ref> Sarah Davies, [http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9286231.Walker_hits_back_in_beer_tax_row/ Walker hits back in beer tax row] ''Worcester News'' 4th October 2011, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>
 In his 2010 election campaign [[Robin Walker]] was forced to defend his decision to continue working for [[Finsbury]] if elected.  He told local press that he would only be working for the lobbying firm for 10 hours a month and that this second job would mean he didn't have to claim for expenses, however he did not rule out claiming expenses in the future.  Adding "It is something I am comfortable with. If there was any danger there would be a conflict of interest then I would have to give it up" <ref> David Paine, [http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/elections/local_election_news/8123114.Tory_candidate_denies____part_time_MP____claims/ Tory candidate denies ‘part-time MP’ claims] ''Worcester News'' 28th April 2010, accessed 11th October 2011 </ref>