Minister of State

Lord Callanan

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Biography

Lord Callanan was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union on 27 October 2017.

Education

He was educated at Newcastle Polytechnic where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) in electrical and electronic engineering.

Political career

Callanan was a Conservative Councillor on Tyne and Wear County Council between 1983 and 1986 and Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council between 1987 and 1996.

He was a Member of the European Parliament for the North East England constituency from 1999, re-elected in 2004 and 2009.

He became the leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011-2014.

Callanan was created a Life Peer on 24 September 2014 taking the title Baron Callanan, of Low Fell in the County of Tyne and Wear.

He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport between June and October 2017.

Career outside politics

He worked as a project engineer at Scottish and Newcastle breweries from 1986 to 1998.

Minister of State

• Departmental business in the House of Lords
• EU ongoing business
• General Affairs Council
• JMC(E)
• Civil Society
• EU Institutions

More about this role

Department for Exiting the European Union

Previous roles in government

1. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport

   • 2017 to 2017

Announcements

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1. Government announces fund to revolutionise airport screening

   • 20 October 2017
   • News story

2. Protecting the maritime industry from cyber attacks

   • 13 September 2017
   • Speech

3. New generation of smart cars will now be better protected from hackers

   • 6 August 2017
   • News story

4. Drones to be registered and users to sit safety tests under new government rules

   • 22 July 2017
   • News story

5. Lord Callanan’s keynote address to ABTA Travel Matters conference

   • 28 June 2017
   • Speech

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