Alistair Burt MP

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Biography

Alistair Burt MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010.

He entered Parliament for the first time in 1983 and is the Conservative MP for north east Bedfordshire.

Education

Alistair was educated at Bury Grammar School, and studied at St John’s College Oxford, where he was president of the university law society.

Political career

• Member of Parliament for Bury North 1983 to 1997
• Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Environment, for Education and Science and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1985 to 1990
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State then Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1992 to 1997
• Member of Parliament for north east Bedfordshire 2001 to present
• Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition 2002 to 2005
• Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government 2005 to 2008
• Opposition Assistant Chief Whip 2008 to 2010
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Foreign & Commonwealth Office May 2010 to present

Career outside politics

Alistair became a solicitor in 1980 and served on Haringey Council in London from 1982 to1984.

Personal life

Alistair and his wife Eve have 2 grown up children.

Previous roles in government

1. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

   • 2010 to 2013

Announcements

by Alistair Burt MP

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1. International community must work together to support Yemen

   • 27 September 2013
   • Speech

2. I urge all concerned to improve humanitarian access in Syria

   • 27 September 2013
   • Speech

3. UK watching court ruling on Muslim Brotherhood closely

   • 26 September 2013
   • Press release

4. Friends of Yemen reject the payment of ransoms to terrorists

   • 25 September 2013
   • Press release

5. UK concerned at delay of Maldives Presidential elections

   • 24 September 2013
   • Press release

6. United Nations General Assembly 68

   • 24 September 2013
   • News story

7. UK Minister welcomes peaceful Kurdistan Regional Elections

   • 24 September 2013
   • Press release

8. UK welcomes Sri Lankan elections; urges investigation into intimidation

   • 23 September 2013
   • Press release

9. FCO Minister condemns murders of Israeli soldiers

   • 23 September 2013
   • Press release

10. UK calls for free, fair and peaceful elections in Maldives

    • 19 September 2013
    • Press release

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