GARDINER, Barry

Member for Brent North (revised boundary) since 2010, for Brent North 1997-2010. Committees: Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee since 2011; Member, Energy and Climate Change Select Committee since 2010; Member, Joint Committee on Consolidation of Bills Etc 2001-10;Chair, PLP Departmental Committee for Culture, Media and Sport 2002-04; Vice-Chair, PLP Departmental Committee for the Treasury 2002-04; Member, Public Accounts Select Committee 1999-2002; Member, Broadcasting Select Committee 1998-2001; Member, Procedure Select Committee 1997-2001. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Mandelson as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform/Business, Innovation and Skills 2009-10; Prime Ministers Special Envoy for Forestry 2007-08; Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2006-07; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Trade and Industry 2005-06; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 2004-05; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Beverley Hughes as Minister of State, Home Office 2002-04. Councillor, Cambridge City Council 1988-94 and Mayor 1992-93. Special political interests: Environment, trade and industry, economic policy, education, foreign affairs. Countries of interest: India, Sri Lanka, Russia, Georgia, China. Profession/Trade: General average adjuster; occasional lecturer. Education: Corpus Christi, Cambridge, research 1984-87; Harvard University, John F. Kennedy Scholarship 1983-84; University of St Andrews, MA Philosophy 1983; Haileybury College, Hertford. Languages spoken: French, Russian. Affiliations: Member, Manufacturing, Science, Finance Union; Member, GMB Union; Member, Shipwrights Company; Freeman of the City of London; ACH Fellowship. Author of: various articles on shipping and maritime affairs; articles on philosophy in The Philosophical Quarterly. Hobbies: Bird-watching, music, hill-walking, reading philosophy, singing, opera. b. 10 March 1957, Glasgow. Married with four children.