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Stephen Timms MP
Minister of State for Energy, e-Commerce and Postal Services
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Stephen Timms joined the Department of Trade and Industry in May
2002 as e-Commerce Minister. He was previously Minister of State
for Schools at the Department for Education and Skills, from June
2001. He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from July 1999. He held
the position of Minister of State for Social Security from January
1999 to July 1999, and Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department
of Social Security between July 1998 and January 1999.
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Prior to this he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Mo
Mowlam from March 1998 to July 1998, following his appointment as
PPS to Andrew Smith as Employment Minister between May 1997 and
March 1998.
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He was elected Member of Parliament for East Ham in 1997, and
was MP for Newham North East between 1994 and 1997.
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He held the position of leader of Newham Council between 1990
and 1994, having been elected to the Council in 1984.
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He worked in the computing and telecommunications industry for
15 years before entering Parliament in 1994, first for Logica and
then for Ovum. He was educated at Farnborough Grammar School and
studied mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
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Mr Timms advised Labour's information society policy forum in
Opposition, and has been honorary president of the
Telecommunications Users Association and a member of the Council
of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee.
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Born in 1955, Mr Timms was married in 1986, and has lived in the
East London Borough of Newham since 1979.
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Speeches
Latest:
Nuclear Industry
Association Annual Energy Choices Conference (04/12/03)
London First Reception
(01/12/03)
All Party Group on
Telecommunications (01/12/03)
Work Foundation
Breakfast Meeting (19/11/03)
Future of Oil and Gas
Industry (18/11/03)
Releasing the Value of
Enterprise Mobility (13/11/03)
Entrepreneurship in the
UK (12/11/03)
Green Alliance Annual
Meeting (11/11/03)
Inauguration of the
SUPERGEN Programme (11/11/03)
Business in the
Community (10/11/03)
Comm-Unity Business
Breakfast (30/10/03)
Broadband Stakeholder
Group Conference (29/10/03)
Powergen 'Energy
Monitor' Launch (22/10/03)
Sector
Sustainability Conference (20/10/03)
Ruralnet Conference
(15/10/03)
Centre for Social
Markets (15/10/03)
Government's Vision
for the UK Environmental Services Industry (14/10/03)
Best Post Office Branch
Awards (14/10/03)
E-Commerce Awards
(08/10/03)
The Action Renewables
Conference (07/10/03)
DETI Broadband
Conference (07/10/03)
Offshore Contractors
Association (27/09/03)
The British Computer
Society Awards (24/09/03)
The Broadband
Britain Challenge Awards (12/09/03)
Launch of Offshore
Europe 2003 (02/09/03)
All Party Offshore
Oil and Gas Group AGM (16/07/03)
London E-Government
Conference (10/07/03)
Business in the
Community Awards For Excellence (10/07/03)
Renewable & Sustainable Energy
(08/07/03)
Commonwealth
Business Council Conference (02/07/03)
BizNet Launch
(01/07/03)
Demos' Generation M Conference
(25/06/03)
Third Generation Mobile Communications
(25/06/03)
PILOT Partnership Work Group
(PPWG) Share Fair (17/06/03)
All Party
Parliamentary Group On CSR (16/06/03)
National Federation
of Sub-Postmasters (16/06/03)
BiTC Awards for Evidence
(12/06/03)
Syntegra Awards for
Innovation (10/06/03)
Westminster Forum - Broadband
(04/06/03)
Association of Chief
Executives of Voluntary Organisations (04/06/03)
ICSTIS Summer
Conference (03/06/03)
SEEDA Rural
Broadband Visit (22/05/03)
Intellect
Annual Dinner (22/05/03)
Broadband
(20/05/03)
Launch Of WorldTalk To Potential Supporters
(07/05/03)
Italian Corporate Social Responsibility Seminar
(29/04/03)
Campaign Launch On
The Future Of The Post Office (03/04/03)
Public Procurement
(26/03/03)
Accountability: Launch of AA 1000 Assurance Standard
(25/03/03)
Alliance for
Finance Conference (19/03/03)
E-Commerce
Awards (13/03/03)
People before
Structures II (12/03/03)
Launch of Corporate
Responsibility Index (11/03/03)
New Technology and the future of the Unions
(08/03/03)
Future Wealth
of Nations (04/03/03)
UK Technology
Partnering and Investment Forum (03/03/03)
Corporate Citizenship
in the Classroom (26/02/03)
'Corporate
Social Responsibility' - Hill & Knowlton Breakfast (13/02/03)
'Investing
in the Future: Beyond SRI: Responsible shareholding and long-term
fiduciary duty' - Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
Conference (10/02/03)
Financing Sustainable
Development, Poverty Reduction and The Private Sector (23/01/03)
Developing
the Social Economy (22/01/03)
Prospero Financial/London
First: Corporate Social Responsibility (15/01/03)
(the following are available from the archive)
Packaging Industry
Conference (04/12/02)
New Local Government
Network (NLGN) Conference (03/12/02)
Corporate Social
Responsibility (02/12/02)
Launch the
London Activities of Street (UK) (29/11/02)
Role of the
Government in Promoting Electronic Commerce (27/11/02)
Winning Strategies
(27/11/02)
SEEDA Sustainable
Business Awards 2002 (26/11/02)
Asian Dreams
Fashion Event (21/11/02)
Corporate
Social Responsibility (21/11/02)
MP's Packaging
Reception (20/11/02)
Enabling e-commerce
to succeed ? in the UK and Internationally (14/11/02)
Keidanren:
Corporate Social Responsibility (13/11/02)
Social Enterprise
Business Support Strategy for London (12/11/02)
Keynote Speech:
Launch of IT 4 Communities (08/11/02)
The Politics
of Bandwidth (06/11/02)
Periodical
Publishers Association (25/10/02)
Computer Games
Competitiveness Analysis launch (24/10/02)
Procurement - The Social
Enterprise Solution (24/10/02)
Cal-IT 2002
(21/10/02)
Payroll Giving
Event (21/10/02)
North West
Education for Enterprise Conference (18/10/02)
EMAP Retail
IT Directors Club (16/10/02)
Bridging the
Digital Divide: CSR and the E-Commerce Agenda (14/10/02)
Sectoral Sustainability
Conference (09/10/02)
Construction Industry Environmental
Forum CSR Conference (09/10/02)
Launch of Oxford
Internet Institute (27/09/02)
Corporate Social
Responsibility Event with Sir John Egan (25/09/02)
NCH Byte Night
Sleepover (20/09/02)
Knowledge Economy:
New Hope Or Old Hype (20/09/02)
Launch of the
National Skills Strategy (18/09/02)
7799 Goes Global
Conference (05/09/02)
Social Enterprise
Strategy Launch (23/07/02)
Responsible
Corporate Engagement (16/07/02)
Textile &
Clothing Industry (02/07/02)
Broadband in
the Regions (26/06/02)
Corporate Social
Responsibility (25/06/02)
NCH Seminar
on the Digital Divide (20/06/02)
BiTC Awards
for Excellence (19/06/02)
Publishing
Competitive Analysis Study Launch (13/06/02)
Making Digital
Relevant (11/06/02)
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