The Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Wright KC

Biography

The Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Wright KC was elected the Conservative MP for Kenilworth and Southam in 2010 and was MP for Rugby and Kenilworth 2005 to 2010. He has served in government for 9 years, including as Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation, Attorney General and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Before that he served on the Constitutional Affairs (later Justice) Select Committee and founded and chaired the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia. Before being elected to Parliament Sir Jeremy practised as a criminal law barrister in the West Midlands.

Previous roles in government

• Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life
  • 2019 to 2022
• Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • 2018 to 2019
• Attorney General
  • 2014 to 2018
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing
  • 2012 to 2014

Announcements

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• The Digital Skills Partnership Board and Terms of Reference
  • 13 June 2022
  • Policy paper
• Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review
  • 08 June 2022
  • Policy paper
• Statement of Strategic Priorities
  • 31 October 2019
  • Policy paper
• Letter from Jeremy Wright to Sharon White
  • 23 July 2019
  • Correspondence
• Summer holiday sport projects to help tackle serious violence and knife crime
  • 23 July 2019
  • Press release
• Notice of Acceptance from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
  • 23 July 2019
  • Notice
• Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • 23 July 2019
  • Written statement
• The Final version of the Revised Undertakings from News UK
  • 23 July 2019
  • Corporate report
• Jeremy Wright's Oral Statement on the Telecoms Supply Chain Review
  • 22 July 2019
  • Oral statement
• Government plans to safeguard the future security of UK Telecoms
  • 22 July 2019
  • Press release

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