Anne Moffat - Parliamentary Career

Parliamentary Career

Moffat was elected to the House of Commons for the East Lothian constituency in the 2001 general election.

She has served on a number of select committees including the Modernisation and Accommodation and Works Committee (2004–2005), the European Scrutiny Committee (2004–2005) and Trade and Industry Select Committee (2005–2007). She was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to Alan Johnson at the Department of Health from 2008–2009.

In November 2008, Moffat was one of 18 MPs who signed a Commons motion backing a Team GB football team at the 2012 Olympics, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage". The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments.