Member of Parliament
He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stevenage from 1979 (defeating Shirley Williams- Labour) to 1983, and after boundary changes, for Hertford and Stortford from 1983 until 2001 when he retired.
Notable positions held during office include:
- Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1995–1997),
- Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Minister for Public Transport Earl Caithness, Roger Freeman (1992–1994),
- PPS to the Minister of State for Employment (1982–1983).
- He was Chairman of the International Development Select Committee
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“The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property; and the end why they choose and authorize a legislative, is, that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society: to limit the power, and moderate the dominion, of every part and member of the society.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)
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—For the State of West Virginia, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)