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==Early life==
==Early life==
Edward Garnier was born in [[Germany]], the youngest son of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] William d'Arcy Garnier (third son of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] Alan Garnier [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]])<ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/ ''qv'' BLG 1965, CARPENTER-GARNIER ''of Rookesbury Park'']</ref> and [[The Honourable|the Hon]] Lavender ''née'' [[Grey (surname)|de Grey]]<ref>[http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=lavender-garnier&pid=145423746&referrer=2282 www.thetimes.co.uk]</ref> (eldest daughter of the [[Baron Walsingham|8th Baron Walsingham]]<ref>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index617.htm www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk]</ref>). He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]], then an all-boys [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent school]] in [[Crowthorne]], Berkshire. He studied [[modern world|modern history]] at [[Jesus College, Oxford|Jesus College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in 1974; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA (Oxon)]] in 1976. He then studied at the [[College of Law]] at Chancery Lane in the [[City of London]].
Edward Garnier was born in [[Germany]], the youngest son of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] William d'Arcy Garnier (third son of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] Alan Garnier [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]])<ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/ ''qv'' BLG 1965, CARPENTER-GARNIER ''of Rookesbury Park'']</ref> and [[The Honourable|the Hon]] Lavender ''née'' [[Grey (surname)|de Grey]]<ref>[http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=lavender-garnier&pid=145423746&referrer=2282 www.thetimes.co.uk]</ref> (eldest daughter of the [[Baron Walsingham|8th Baron Walsingham]]<ref>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index617.htm www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024021922/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index617.htm |date=24 October 2012 }}</ref>). He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]], then an all-boys [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent school]] in [[Crowthorne]], Berkshire. He studied [[modern world|modern history]] at [[Jesus College, Oxford|Jesus College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in 1974; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA (Oxon)]] in 1976. He then studied at the [[College of Law]] at Chancery Lane in the [[City of London]].


==Legal career==
==Legal career==
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In the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], he served on the [[Home Office|home affairs]] [[Select Committee (Westminster System)|select committee]] from 1992 until he was appointed as the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] (PPS) to the [[Minister of State]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] [[Alastair Goodlad]] and [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] for a year in 1994. In 1996 he became the PPS to the [[Attorney General of England and Wales|Attorney General]] [[Nicholas Lyell]] and in 1997 he was briefly the PPS to the [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] [[Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman|Roger Freeman]]. He joined the [[frontbencher|frontbench]] under [[William Hague]] as a spokesman on the [[Lord Chancellor's Department]] in 1997 and entered the [[Shadow Cabinet]] in 1999 as the Shadow Attorney General, according to a [[BBC News]] report"earning wide acclaim for a thoughtful performance in that role, in which he demonstrated his legal expertise without becomingly excessively partisan".<ref name=BBC2002 /> He returned to the [[backbencher|backbenches]] after the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]] but became Opposition Spokesman for Home Affairs after the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]] and later Shadow Attorney General.
In the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], he served on the [[Home Office|home affairs]] [[Select Committee (Westminster System)|select committee]] from 1992 until he was appointed as the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] (PPS) to the [[Minister of State]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] [[Alastair Goodlad]] and [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] for a year in 1994. In 1996 he became the PPS to the [[Attorney General of England and Wales|Attorney General]] [[Nicholas Lyell]] and in 1997 he was briefly the PPS to the [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] [[Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman|Roger Freeman]]. He joined the [[frontbencher|frontbench]] under [[William Hague]] as a spokesman on the [[Lord Chancellor's Department]] in 1997 and entered the [[Shadow Cabinet]] in 1999 as the Shadow Attorney General, according to a [[BBC News]] report"earning wide acclaim for a thoughtful performance in that role, in which he demonstrated his legal expertise without becomingly excessively partisan".<ref name=BBC2002 /> He returned to the [[backbencher|backbenches]] after the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]] but became Opposition Spokesman for Home Affairs after the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]] and later Shadow Attorney General.
In 2009 he was elected Chair of the newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group on Privacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi469.htm|title=Privacy All-Party Parliamentary Group|publisher=parliament UK|accessdate=21 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://privacyappg.org.uk/About.html|title= All Party Parliamentary Privacy Group on Privacy|accessdate=21 July 2010}}</ref>
In 2009 he was elected Chair of the newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group on Privacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi469.htm|title=Privacy All-Party Parliamentary Group|publisher=parliament UK|accessdate=21 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://privacyappg.org.uk/About.html|title=All Party Parliamentary Privacy Group on Privacy|accessdate=21 July 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211201041/http://www.privacyappg.org.uk/About.html|archivedate=11 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


On 5 February 2013, Garnier voted against in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013|Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130205/debtext/130205-0004.htm|title=The House of Commons.2013.Marriage (Same Sex Couples)Bill 2012-2013.|publisher=parliament UK|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref>
On 5 February 2013, Garnier voted against in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013|Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130205/debtext/130205-0004.htm|title=The House of Commons.2013.Marriage (Same Sex Couples)Bill 2012-2013.|publisher=parliament UK|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref>
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===Compulsory annuity purchases===
===Compulsory annuity purchases===
Garnier has long campaigned against compulsory annuity purchases for sums above the minimum income threshold and has introduced or supported several [[Private Members Bill]]s on the issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=edward+garnier+annuities|title=Edward Garnier+annuities|publisher=theyworkforyou|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> On 21 November 2002, he came 4th in the ballot for Private Members Bills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-019.pdf|title=Retirement Income Reform Bill 18 of 2002-03|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> With cross-party support from leading backbench pensions experts [[John Butterfill|Sir John Butterfill]], [[Frank Field (British politician)|Frank Field]] and [[LibDem]] Pensions spokesman [[Steve Webb]] he introduced the Retirement Income Reform Bill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2566083.stm|title=Investors should be 'treated like adults'|date=11 December 2002|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2002-12-11.285.2#g285.3|title=Retirement Income Reform|date=11 December 2002|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> This Bill was dropped in July 2003, reintroduced on 7 January 2004<ref name=emp>{{cite web|url=http://www.emplaw.co.uk/content/index?startpage=data/20030392.htm|title=The Retirement Income Reform Bill|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/023/2004023.pdf|title=Retirement Income Reform Bill}}</ref> and eventually withdrawn in April 2004.<ref name=emp />
Garnier has long campaigned against compulsory annuity purchases for sums above the minimum income threshold and has introduced or supported several [[Private Members Bill]]s on the issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=edward+garnier+annuities|title=Edward Garnier+annuities|publisher=theyworkforyou|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> On 21 November 2002, he came 4th in the ballot for Private Members Bills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-019.pdf|title=Retirement Income Reform Bill 18 of 2002-03|accessdate=11 April 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121005128/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-019.pdf|archivedate=21 November 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> With cross-party support from leading backbench pensions experts [[John Butterfill|Sir John Butterfill]], [[Frank Field (British politician)|Frank Field]] and [[LibDem]] Pensions spokesman [[Steve Webb]] he introduced the Retirement Income Reform Bill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2566083.stm|title=Investors should be 'treated like adults'|date=11 December 2002|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2002-12-11.285.2#g285.3|title=Retirement Income Reform|date=11 December 2002|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> This Bill was dropped in July 2003, reintroduced on 7 January 2004<ref name=emp>{{cite web|url=http://www.emplaw.co.uk/content/index?startpage=data/20030392.htm|title=The Retirement Income Reform Bill|accessdate=11 April 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/023/2004023.pdf|title=Retirement Income Reform Bill}}</ref> and eventually withdrawn in April 2004.<ref name=emp />


===Constituency issues===
===Constituency issues===
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The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Garnier
QC
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byVera Baird
Succeeded byOliver Heald
Shadow Attorney General
In office
8 September 2009 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byDominic Grieve
Succeeded byThe Baroness Scotland of Asthal
In office
19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
LeaderWilliam Hague
Iain Duncan Smith
Preceded byNicholas Lyell
Succeeded byBill Cash
Shadow Minister for Prisons
In office
2 July 2007 – 8 September 2009
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded by???
Succeeded byAlan Duncan
Member of Parliament
for 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, QC (born 26 October 1952) is a British barrister and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A former Guardian lawyer, he is on the socially liberal wing of his party and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough in Leicestershire from 1992 until 2017.[1] He most recently served as Solicitor General for England and Wales[2] from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle.[3][4] He retired from politics at the 2017 general election.[5]

Early life

Edward Garnier was born in Germany, the youngest son of Colonel William d'Arcy Garnier (third son of Brigadier-General Alan Garnier CB MBE MC)[6] and the Hon Lavender née de Grey[7] (eldest daughter of the 8th Baron Walsingham[8]). He was educated at Wellington College, then an all-boys independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire. He studied modern history at Jesus College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1974; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to MA (Oxon) in 1976. He then studied at the College of Law at Chancery Lane in the City of London.

Legal career

Garnier was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1976. He is a practising barrister specialising in libel. In 1995 he took silk (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 Edwina Currie following an article in the Daily Express by Peter Oborne alleging she was the "vilest woman in Britain".[9] Currie won £30,000 in damages in March 2000.[9] In 2013, he also 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 Labour seat of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire at the 1987 general election. At the 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 House of Commons, he served on the home affairs select committee from 1992 until he was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alastair Goodlad and David Davis for a year in 1994. In 1996 he became the PPS to the Attorney General Nicholas Lyell and in 1997 he was briefly the PPS to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Roger Freeman. He joined the frontbench under William Hague as a spokesman on the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1997 and entered the Shadow Cabinet in 1999 as the Shadow Attorney General, according to a BBC News report"earning wide acclaim for a thoughtful performance in that role, in which he demonstrated his legal expertise without becomingly excessively partisan".[1] He returned to the backbenches after the 2001 general election but became Opposition Spokesman for Home Affairs after 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 Private Members Bills on the issue.[15] On 21 November 2002, he came 4th in the ballot for Private Members Bills.[16] With cross-party support from leading backbench pensions experts Sir John Butterfill, Frank Field and 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 Ros Altmann's company pensions campaign blaming Venture Capitalist Apax Partners for having engineered the collapse[25] and Garnier was the first East Midlands MP to question Apax's role. Apax's chairman at the time was a major donor to the Labour Party and Garnier asked what discussions "Ministers have had with 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 2016 referendum.[37] Following a successful legal challenge to the use of 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 Visiting Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford in 1996 and is a keen follower of cricket, being a member of Leicestershire CCC. He speaks proficient French and enjoys 19th-century French literature.

His cousin is Mark Garnier who has been the Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest since the 2010 general election.

Publications

  • Halsbury's Laws of England contribution by Edward Garnier, 1985, Butterworth ISBN 0-406-03000-6
  • Bearing the Standard: Themes for a Fourth Term contribution by Edward Garnier, 1991, Conservative Political Centre ISBN 0-85070-824-9
  • Facing the Future by Edward Garnier, 1993

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. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  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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