Heather Wheeler MP

Biography

Heather Wheeler was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 26 July 2019 to 13 February 2020.

She was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 9 January 2018 to 25 July 2019. She was a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) from 15 June 2017 to 8 January 2018 and she was Assistant Government Whip from 17 July 2016 to 15 June 2017.

She was elected Conservative MP for South Derbyshire in May 2010.

Previous roles in government

  1. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Asia and the Pacific)
    • 2019 to 2020
  2. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Housing and Homelessness)
    • 2018 to 2019
  3. Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
    • 2017 to 2018
  4. Assistant Government Whip
    • 2016 to 2017

Announcements

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  1. ICJ's findings on Myanmar and the Rohingya: UK statement
    • 23 January 2020
    • Press release
  2. Minister for Asia and the Pacific hosts Ambassadors and High Commissioners of ASEAN member states
    • 23 January 2020
    • Press release
  3. FCO Minister arrives in Vietnam for 2-day visit
    • 15 January 2020
    • Press release
  4. FCO Minister to visit Indonesia and Vietnam to discuss collaboration on global challenges
    • 13 January 2020
    • Press release
  5. Team of UK experts to help fight Australian bushfires
    • 09 January 2020
    • Press release
  6. One Young World event: Minister for Asia and the Pacific speech
    • 28 October 2019
    • Speech
  7. Minister Wheeler responds to further missile tests by North Korea
    • 02 October 2019
    • Press release
  8. Minister for Asia visits South Korea, Mongolia and Japan to discuss free trade, climate change and gender equality
    • 30 September 2019
    • Press release
  9. Foreign Office Minister begins 4-day visit to Laos, Cambodia and Thailand
    • 18 September 2019
    • Press release
  10. Minister Wheeler's statement on the continued launches of ballistic missiles by North Korea
    • 16 August 2019
    • Press release
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