Kevin Barron
Kevin Barron has been the Labour MP for Rother Valley since 1983.[1]
Barron served as Shadow Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change 1988-93, on Work and Pensions 1993-95, and on Health 1995-98.[1]
Barron was member of the Joint Intelligence and Security Committee from 1997 to 2004. He has been a member of the Liaison Committee since 2005. He chaired the Commons Health Committee from 2005 to 2010. He served on the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee from 2005 to 2013, chairing it from 2010 to 2013. On 7 January 2013, the Committee on Standards and Privileges was replaced by the Committee on Standards and the Committee of Privileges.
Since 2013, he has chaired separate Standards and Privileges Committees. As chairman, Barron was responsible for overseeing the ethical standards in the House of Commons and monitoring any questionable activities by MPs. Since 2010, he has served on the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.[1]
In 2006, Barron was one of four senior politicians who pulled out of receptions organised by Bell Pottinger Public Affairs following revelations that the firm was charging clients to meet them.[2]
In November 2015, Barron became a member of the Select Committee on Privileges.[3]
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Expenses Scandal
On October 2012, while standing as the chairman of the standards and privileges committee, Kevin Barron was implicated in an expenses scandal when it was revealed he claimed £1,500 of taxpayer money a month to rent a home belonging to Jon Trickett, the former shadow minister for the cabinet office.[4] Barron began renting the home after selling his tax-funded flat for a profit of almost £500,000. By renting property from another MP, Barron was exploiting a loophole that allowed him to continue to claim rent allowance. The rental agreement was terminated after it was revealed.
Standards Committee Scandal
Affiliations
- Associate Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies member
- Obesity All-Party Parliamentary Group
- Chair - Associate Parliamentary Health Group[5]
- Chair - Pharmacy All-Party Parliamentary Group
Contact
Constituency
- Address: 9 Lordens Hill, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2QE
- Telephone: 01909 568611
- Fax: 01909 569974
Parliamentary
- Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
- Telephone: 020 7219 4432; 020 7219 6306
- Fax: 020 7219 5952
- Email: barronk@parliament.uk
Web & Social media
- Website: http://www.kevinbarronmp.com
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rt Hon Mr Kevin Barron, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 September 2013.
- ↑ Ravi Chandirimani, BPPA under fire over 'cash for access', PR Week UK, 28 September 2006.
- ↑ Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
- ↑ Holly Watt, Claire Newell and Robert Winnett, Expenses scandal: Kevin Barron claimed £1,500 a month to rent from colleague, The Telegraph, 19 October 2012, accessed 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Health APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 February 2016
