Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick is the British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Newark.
In February 2015 he served was parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Esther McVey in the Department for Work and Pensions and in May 2015 he was appointed PPS to Michael Gove, secretary of state for justice.[1]
Education
Jenrick read history at St. Johns College University of Cambridge where he gained a first class honours.
He then spent a year in the USA, studying Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, before returning to the UK to study law as a postgraduate at the College of Law and BPP Law School. [2]
Stance on fracking
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Jenrick's constituency includes eight oil and gas licence blocks, awarded by the Oil and Gas Authority under the 14th licensing round in 2015. One was awarded to Alkane Energy (abandoned mine methane vent licence), two to Blackland Park (conventional licences), three to INEOS, one to IGas and one to ADM (conventional). There are plans for three shale wells, two hrz frac wells and 2D and 3D seismic surveying; no applications are currently underway. [3]
Voting record
Affiliations
- Associate Parliamentary Health Group since 2014 .
- House of Commons Health Select Committee
- United Kingdom-United Arab Emirates All-Party Parliamentary Group, member
- All-Party Parliamentary China Group - Vice-chair[4]
Notes
- ↑ Guido Fawkes PPS reshuffle in full, 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.
- ↑ About Robert Robert Jenrick, accessed 1 April 2015
- ↑ Oil and gas: licensing rounds, GOV.uk, accessed 14 November 2016.
- ↑ China APPG, www.parliament.uk', accessed 23 November 2015
