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'''Andrew Tyrie''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Chichester since 1997. | '''Andrew Tyrie''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Chichester since 1997. | ||
Revision as of 10:31, 3 January 2017
Andrew Tyrie has been the UK Conservative Party MP for Chichester since 1997.
In the 2015 general election, Tyrie was re-elected as an MP, with a majority of 24,413. [1]
Tyrie was chair of the influential House of Commons Treasury Select Committee from 2010 - 2015.
He has been chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) since 2012.[2]
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Supports fracking in the UK - just not in his own constiutency
Tyrie has expressed strong support for fracking yet is preparing to oppose it in his own constituency in what could be a test case for shale exploration in national parks reports The Times newspaper.
- Tyrie has told constituents he is “very unlikely” to support an application by Celtique Energy to drill an exploratory well in Fernhurst, West Sussex [3] (near the South Downs National Park).
Affiliations
Select committee and APPGs
- House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
- Associate Parliamentary Group on Business, Finance and Accountancy
- All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group
Think tanks
Notes
- ↑ Andrew Tyrie Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ Mr Andrew Tyrie, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Ben Webster, Not in my backyard, says MP who has supported fracking, The Times, 29 November 2013, acc 5 December 2013
