He was a member of the Trade and Industry Committee from 1992 to 1997 and again from 2003; in between he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Alan Milburn following the 1997 general election, but he resigned over Harriet Harman's decision to cut lone parent benefits in December of that year.
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His voting record shows him to be against many of Tony Blair's policies, including ID cards, student top-up fees and the Iraq war.
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