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Parmjit Singh Dhanda M.P.
Parmjit Singh Dhanda M.P.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 June 2007
Member of Parliament; for Gloucester
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Tess Kingham
Majority	4,271 (8.2%)
Personal details
Born	17 September 1971
Political party	Labour

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Parmjit Singh Dhanda (born September 17, 1971) is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the 2001 general election, succeeding Tess Kingham as the Labour MP for the seat. He was re-elected in 2005 general election. Parmjit Dhanda is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Communities and Local Government. In 2007, he replaced Angela Smith as the Minister for Fire and Resilience at the DfCLG^[1] with responsibility for fire and rescue services in England.

Background

Born in London to Indian immigrants of Sikh origin; his mother was a cleaner at a local hospital, whilst his father was a lorry driver. He was educated at Mellow Lane School, a state Comprehensive School in Hayes, Middlesex, before attending the University of Nottingham, where he received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1993, and a MA in information technology in 1995.

Parmjit Dhanda is married and lives with his family in Matson, Gloucester. Has been a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) since 1999. He speaks both Punjabi and French.

Political career

Parmjit Dhanda became a Labour Party organiser in West London, Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1996, then went on to be assistant national organiser with Connect in 1998 where he remained until he was elected to Westminster. He was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1998 and served on the council until 2002. He was on Labour's list for the 1999 European Parliament election, but was unsuccessful. He was selected to contest the House of Commons seat of Gloucester at the 2001 General Election following the retirement of Tess Kingham. Parmjit Dhanda held the seat with a majority of 3,880 and has remained an MP since. He made his maiden speech on June 27, 2001.[1]

In parliament, Parmjit Dhanda became a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee from his election until 2003. He helped setup an all-party group on Telecommunications, of which he's a Secretary. In December, 2004 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Schools Stephen Twigg.

After the 2005 General Election Parmjit Dhanda was appointed to post of Assistant Government Whip. In May 2006 he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families in the Department for Education and Skills. On 29 June 2007 he was moved to the Department of Communities and Local Government.

He is a keen follower of local sports clubs Gloucester RFC and Gloucester City A.F.C.In spite of saying in his maiden speech that 'I still stand by what I said in my acceptance speech: 'First and foremost, I will be a hard-working constituency MP', Parmjit Dhanda has risen through a number of ministerial appointments, and usually (that is, almost always) votes with his party, and to the detriment of his constituency. Recently, he has removed the option for constituents to express their views on his website, http://www.parmjitdhanda.co.uk/, although all comments were already subject to pre-moderation, and personal experience suggest that even the mildest of criticisms were intolerable to Team Dhanda. With the current efforts, by means of highly selective argument, to persuade voters that a proposed housing development on the edge of Gloucester is the fault of the Conservative controlled County Council, and not the Labour government's policies, it's not surprising that they would wish to gloss over the typical New Labour response to local dissent - pretending it doesn't exist.

For an example of the kind of argument referred to above, see 'Should the Tory County Council stick to its manifesto promise and finally rule out a giant incinerator in Gloucestershire?' (see also Push_poll)

It has now become painfully clear that anyone wishing to make a less than glowing comment about any of the articles reprised on the website needn't bother, as the 'administrator' won't post those comments.

Stadium Plan Is Just Full Of Spin

References

^ DfCLG Fire and Resilience 09 Aug 07 (accessed 12 Sep 07)

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Preceded by Maria Eagle	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families 2006-2007	Succeeded by Kevin Brennan

[1] DfCLG Fire and Resilience 09 Aug 07 (accessed 12 Sep 07)

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 After the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 General Election]] Parmjit Dhanda was appointed to post of [[whip (politics)|Assistant Government Whip]]. In May 2006 he was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] for Children, Young People and Families in the [[Department for Education and Skills]]. On [[29 June]] [[2007]] he was moved to the [[Department of Communities and Local Government]].
+He is a keen follower of local sports clubs [[Gloucester RFC]] and [[Gloucester City A.F.C.]]In spite of saying in his maiden speech that 'I still stand by what I said in my acceptance speech: 'First and foremost, I will be a hard-working constituency MP', Parmjit Dhanda has risen through a number of ministerial appointments, and usually (that is, almost always) votes with his party, and to the detriment of his constituency. Recently, he has removed the option for constituents to express their views on his website, http://www.parmjitdhanda.co.uk/, although all comments were already subject to pre-moderation, and personal experience suggest that even the mildest of criticisms were intolerable to Team Dhanda. With the current efforts, by means of highly selective argument, to persuade voters that a proposed housing development on the edge of Gloucester is the fault of the Conservative controlled County Council, and not the Labour government's policies, it's not surprising that they would wish to gloss over the typical New Labour response to local dissent - pretending it doesn't exist.
-He is a keen follower of local sports clubs [[Gloucester RFC]] and [[Gloucester City A.F.C.]]
+For an example of the kind of argument referred to above, see 'Should the Tory County Council stick to its manifesto promise and finally rule out a giant incinerator in Gloucestershire?' (see also [[Push_poll]])
+It has now become painfully clear that anyone wishing to make a less than glowing comment about any of the articles reprised on the website needn't bother, as the 'administrator' won't post those comments.
+[http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Stadium-plan-just-spin/article-221791-detail/article.html?cacheBust=JfWU25D58Dzf#community Stadium Plan Is Just Full Of Spin ]
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