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Mike O’Brien MP was appointed Minister of State
for Trade and Investment on 13 June 2003. From June 2002 Mr O’Brien
was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs with responsibility for the Middle East. He is a former
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office and the
Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire.
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He was first elected to Parliament in 1992 and was a
member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and the Treasury
Select Committee before joining the Labour Front Bench in 1995 as
the Opposition Spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs.
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In 1993 the Police Federation asked him to be their
Parliamentary Adviser – the first Labour adviser in twenty
years. He gave up the role when Tony Blair appointed him to the
Front Bench.
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Mike O’Brien served as Labour Spokesman on the
City from 1996-1997 and was appointed as a Minister at the Home
Office after the General Election in May 1997.
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He worked as a Minister on the Crime and Disorder
Act, the Immigration and Asylum Act, the Human Rights Act, the
Representation of the People Act 1999, the Political Parties and
Referendum Bill and the Race Relations Amendment Bill. He also
dealt with race equality, constitutional reform, animal issues
(including fox hunting), gambling and alcohol licensing reform and
the Fire Service.
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Mr O'Brien was Parliamentary adviser to the Staff
Association of Chief Police Officers (CPOSA) and a member of the
Appeals Committee of the Police Dependents’ Trust, a charity
which assists the families of police officers who have died on
duty.
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Mr O'Brien is married with two daughters.
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