Assistant Government Whip and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport

Nusrat Ghani MP

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Biography

Nusrat Ghani MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Assistant Government Whip on 9 January 2018. She was elected Conservative MP for Wealden in 2015.

Education

Nusrat was the first woman in her family to be formally educated. She attended state comprehensive school before studying at Birmingham City University (BA Government and Politics) and Leeds University (MA International Relations).

Political career

Nusrat was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office in 2017. She also served as the Chair of the Prime Minister’s Apprenticeship Diversity Network.

Select Committee membership:

• Committee on Arms Export Controls (October 2017 to January 2018)
• Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission (September 2017 to January 2018)
• Foreign Affairs Committee (September 2017 to January 2018)
• Armed Forces Bill Committee (October 2015 to November 2015)
• Home Affairs Committee (July 2015 to May 2017)

Career outside politics

Before beginning her career in politics, Nusrat was employed by the charities Age UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and later for the BBC World Service.

Assistant Government Whip

Whips are MPs or Lords appointed by each party to help organise their party’s contribution to parliamentary business. They are responsible for making sure the maximum number of their party members vote, and vote the way their party wants.

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport

The minister is responsible for:

• accessibility across all transport modes
• buses and taxis
• high speed rail (HS2)
• maritime
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
• maritime security
• skills and apprenticeships
• the Year of Engineering

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Department for Transport

Announcements

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1. Transport industry leading the way in apprenticeships

   • 19 July 2018
   • News story

2. Minister urges UK fishermen to sign up for safety improvements

   • 13 July 2018
   • News story

3. Charities encouraged to bid for life-saving cash

   • 10 July 2018
   • News story

4. Real time information to transform bus travel in England

   • 5 July 2018
   • News story

5. Government puts disabled passengers first by backing innovative projects to improve train journeys

   • 26 June 2018
   • News story

6. £8 million of extra HS2 funding to benefit local communities and woodlands between Birmingham and Crewe

   • 25 June 2018
   • News story

7. LEGO® teams up with Year of Engineering campaign to inspire and develop the engineers of the future

   • 21 June 2018
   • News story

8. Framework document for High Speed 2 Ltd (May 2018)

   • 23 May 2018
   • Statement to Parliament

9. KidZania London joins forces with Year of Engineering campaign

   • 23 May 2018
   • News story

10. Better connections to ports to help business growth

    • 24 April 2018
    • News story

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