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'''Sir Edward Henry Garnier,''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (born 26 October 1952) is a British [[barrister]] and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]]. A former [[The Guardian|''Guardian'']] lawyer, he is on the [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] wing of his party and was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harborough]] in [[Leicestershire]] from 1992 until 2017.<ref name=BBC2002>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2089500.stm|date=22 October 2002|title=Edward Garnier, Conservative MP Harborough|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> He most recently served as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19473663 | work=BBC News | title=As it happened: Reshuffle | date=4 September 2012}}</ref> from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19461367 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 5 Sep 2012 |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/9524105/Cameron-piles-Cabinet-with-record-32-ministers.html |title= Cameron piles Cabinet with record 32 ministers |work= [[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> He retired from politics at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].<ref name="Martin">{{cite news |last= Martin |first=Dan J. |url= http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/harborough-tory-mp-edward-garnier-confirms-he-won-t-stand-in-the-general-election/story-30299172-detail/story.html |title= Harborough Tory MP Edward Garnier confirms he won't stand in the General Election |work= Leicester Mercury |date= 28 April 2017 |accessdate= 30 April 2017}}</ref>
'''Sir Edward Henry Garnier,''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (born 26 October 1952) is a British [[barrister]] and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]]. A former [[The Guardian|''Guardian'']] lawyer, he is on the [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] wing of his party and was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harborough]] in [[Leicestershire]] from 1992 until 2017.<ref name=BBC2002>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2089500.stm|date=22 October 2002|title=Edward Garnier, Conservative MP Harborough|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> He most recently served as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19473663 | work=BBC News | title=As it happened: Reshuffle | date=4 September 2012}}</ref> from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19461367 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 5 Sep 2012 |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/9524105/Cameron-piles-Cabinet-with-record-32-ministers.html |title= Cameron piles Cabinet with record 32 ministers |work= [[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> He retired from politics at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].<ref name="Martin">{{cite news |last= Martin |first= Dan J. |url= http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/harborough-tory-mp-edward-garnier-confirms-he-won-t-stand-in-the-general-election/story-30299172-detail/story.html |title= Harborough Tory MP Edward Garnier confirms he won't stand in the General Election |work= Leicester Mercury |date= 28 April 2017 |accessdate= 30 April 2017 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170428133934/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/harborough-tory-mp-edward-garnier-confirms-he-won-t-stand-in-the-general-election/story-30299172-detail/story.html |archivedate= 28 April 2017 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 15:09, 11 December 2017

Harborough
In office
9 April 1992 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byJohn Farr
Succeeded byNeil O'Brien
Personal details
Born (1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 71)
Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyConservative
SpouseAnna Mellows
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
University of Law
WebsiteOfficial website

Sir Edward Henry Garnier,

2017 general election.[5]

Early life

Edward Garnier was born in

College of Law at Chancery Lane in the City of London
.

Legal career

Garnier was

Queen's Counsel) and was appointed as a Crown Court Assistant Recorder in 1998 and as a Recorder
(part-time Circuit Judge) in 2000.

He represented

Lord McAlpine at the High Court following allegations made on Twitter by Sally Bercow, wife of the Commons speaker.[10]

Politics

Garnier unsuccessfully contested the safe

1992 general election, he was elected MP for Harborough with a majority of 13,543 following the retirement of his Conservative predecessor Sir John Farr, and made his maiden speech just after midnight on 20 May 1992.[11]

In the

2005 general election
and later Shadow Attorney General. In 2009 he was elected Chair of the newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group on Privacy.[12][13]

On 5 February 2013, Garnier voted against in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.[14]

In April 2017, Garnier announced his intention to retire and not to contest his seat in the upcoming general election, to be held on 8 June 2017, after 25 years as MP for Harborough.[5]

Compulsory annuity purchases

Garnier has long campaigned against compulsory annuity purchases for sums above the minimum income threshold and has introduced or supported several

LibDem Pensions spokesman Steve Webb he introduced the Retirement Income Reform Bill.[17][18] This Bill was dropped in July 2003, reintroduced on 7 January 2004[19][20] and eventually withdrawn in April 2004.[19]

Constituency issues

Pennbury eco-town

Garnier has raised the issue of eco-towns around 20 times in Parliament.[21] One of these, Pennbury, housing 40,000 people, was to be near Stoughton, Leicestershire. Garnier was granted an adjournment debate on 29 January 2008.[22]

Garnier argued that although the eco-town principle was sound, Pennbury - a rural site not a brownfield one - lacked the necessary transport infrastructure and was unlikely to be able to provide jobs. Furthermore, building a suitable road from the M1 motorway, "a distance of about 20 miles ..would cost the thick end of £1 billion".[23] The Pennbury proposal was dropped in July 2009.

British United Shoe Machinery

Garnier's constituents were amongst 544 British United Shoe Machinery workers who lost their pensions following the company entering Administration in 2000.[24] Workers joined

Sir Ronald Cohen ..about the collapse of the pension scheme".[26] Garnier raised the issue again with the new Minister for Pensions Reform Stephen Timms citing the "mysterious circumstances" under which the pensions disappeared. Timms agreed to "look into" the complaints saying that "in recent years, there have been too many instances of that kind."[27][28]
The press expected a proper enquiry[28][29] but although in September 2005 Timms wrote back to Garnier refusing this,[30] December 2007 saw compensation of £2.9 billion awarded nationally to failed Company Pension Scheme workers.[24] In all Garnier referenced BUSM twelve times,[31] and "was a really valuable advocate in the campaign to recover the pensions".[24]

St Luke's hospital Market Harborough

In June 2015 Garnier called on

Jeremy Hunt “get a grip on those allegedly in charge of the project” at St Luke’s hospital which he said had become a local joke. He claimed the project had been the subject of delays since 1992.[32]

Solicitor General

Insignia of Knight Bachelor

Garnier was Solicitor General from May 2010 to September 2012.[33] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor after the reshuffle that ended his time as Solicitor General.[34]

In November 2014 the Daily Telegraph reported allegations that Garnier requested that Simon Danczuk "think very carefully" about what he said to the Home Affairs select committee about Leon Brittan and the missing Westminster paedophile dossier. Danczuk said that Brittan was in poor health and Garnier, an old friend, had been asked to intervene by Brittan's wife.[35]

In March 2015, he was appointed to the

Privy Council of the United Kingdom and therefore granted the title The Right Honourable.[36]

Brexit

Garnier was opposed to Brexit prior to the

Royal Prerogative to invoke article 50, Garnier advised against appealing to the Supreme Court. He believed the chances of winning were low, it would have been costly and would have provided another "opportunity for ill motivated to attack the judiciary to misconstrue the motives of both parties."[38] The former Attorney General Dominic Grieve also thought the appeal was pointless.[39]

Personal life

Garnier married Anna Caroline Mellows on 17 April 1982; their daughter, Eleanor Garnier[40][failed verification] (born September 1983), is a BBC political correspondent, and the couple also have two sons (born July 1986 and January 1991).

Garnier was a

Leicestershire CCC. He speaks proficient French
and enjoys 19th-century French literature.

His cousin is

2010 general election
.

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Edward Garnier, Conservative MP Harborough". BBC News. 22 October 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ "As it happened: Reshuffle". BBC News. 4 September 2012.
  3. ^ www.bbc.co.uk
  4. ^ "Cameron piles Cabinet with record 32 ministers". The Daily Telegraph. 5 September 2012.
  5. ^ a b Martin, Dan J. (28 April 2017). "Harborough Tory MP Edward Garnier confirms he won't stand in the General Election". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ qv BLG 1965, CARPENTER-GARNIER of Rookesbury Park
  7. ^ www.thetimes.co.uk
  8. ^ www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b Hartley-Brewer, Julia (10 March 2000). "Edwina Currie wins libel action". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  10. ^ Williams, Rhiannon (22 October 2013). "Bercow urges Twitter users to 'behave more responsibly'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Orders of the Day — European Communities (Amendment) Bill HC debate 20 May 1992". theyworkforyou. 20 May 1992. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Privacy All-Party Parliamentary Group". parliament UK. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  13. ^ "All Party Parliamentary Privacy Group on Privacy". Archived from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "The House of Commons.2013.Marriage (Same Sex Couples)Bill 2012-2013". parliament UK. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Edward Garnier+annuities". theyworkforyou. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  16. ^ "Retirement Income Reform Bill 18 of 2002-03" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Investors should be 'treated like adults'". BBC News. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  18. ^ "Retirement Income Reform". 11 December 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  19. ^ a b "The Retirement Income Reform Bill". Retrieved 11 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Retirement Income Reform Bill" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Edward Garnier+eco town". theyworkforyou. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  22. ^ "HC Deb, 29 January 2008, c287". Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  23. ^ "HC Deb, 19 June 2008, c1113". theyworkforyou. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  24. ^ a b c "Engineering executive's delight at OBE honour". Harborough Mail. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  25. ^ Pam Atherton (18 May 2005). "Another pensions problem for the Government". London: Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  26. ^ "Work and Pensions-Written Questions:British United Shoe Machinery". Hansard. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  27. ^ "Stakeholder Pensions". Hansard. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  28. ^ a b Pam Atherton (25 July 2005). "Government agrees to BUSM pension inquiry". London: Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  29. ^ Daniel McAllister (6 February 2006). "Apax faces inquiry into BUSM scheme conduct". Pensions Week.
  30. ^ DWP Letter to Edward Garnier MOS(PR)/05/1595
  31. ^ "Edward Garnier, British United Shoe Machinery". TheyWorkForYou.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  32. ^ Tom Healy (17 June 2015). "Health Secretary urged to get a grip of "joke" hospital project in Market Harborough". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
  33. ^ "Sir Edward Garnier QC MP". Gov.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  34. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". Honours and Awards. London Gazette. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  35. ^ Christopher Hope (27 November 2012). "Sir Edward Garnier 'tried to stop Labour MP challenging Lord Brittan over child abuse claims'". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  36. ^ "Privy Council appointments: March 2015". Press release. Prime Minister's Office. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  37. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  38. ^ "Theresa May urged to drop Brexit court appeal by senior Tories". The Scotsman. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  39. ^ "Sixty Conservative MPs back call to leave single market". BBC news. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  40. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2m3vMCQPyjVP6n2Y5DTwW5G/eleanor-garnier. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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