Career in Parliament
- 1997-1999: Member of the Select Committee on Environment Transport and the Regions
- 1999: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Higher and Post 16 Education
- June 2001 - May 2002: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (responsible for local government, the regions and the Fire Service)
Current committee memberships:
- Member of the Justice Committee
- Member of the Standards and Privileges Select Committee.
- Member of the Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill
Chair of PRASEG, the Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group Co-Chair, Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Group Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland Member, Associate Parliamentary Ports and Merchant Navy Group Member, Group on Charitable Giving Member, Estonia All-Party Parliamentary Group
Dr Whitehead voted against the Iraq war on the basis of the mission not receiving endorsement from the UN . He lobbied for changes to the Government's Education White Paper. He does not support building new nuclear power stations, believing that nuclear is uneconomic. He voted in favour of ID cards and for a ban on fox hunting.
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