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| On the 6th of September 2010 The Palestine Telegraph printed an article accusing Peter Lilley and David Cameron and |
On the 6th of September 2010 The Palestine Telegraph printed an article accusing Peter Lilley and David Cameron and of selling 6 nuclear weapons and laundering $1.3 Billion for the Conservative Party Funds. | ||
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| The Right Honourable Peter Lilley MP | |
|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 11 June 1997 – 2 June 1998 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 | |
| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Secretary of State for Social Security | |
| In office 8 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Tony Newton |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 14 July 1990 – 11 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Ridley |
| Succeeded by | Michael Heseltine (President of the Board of Trade) |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Norman Lamont |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 11 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Ian Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Richard Ryder |
| Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 15,271 (27.9%) |
| Member of Parliament for St Albans | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Goodhew |
| Succeeded by | Kerry Pollard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 81) North London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Peter Bruce Lilley (born 23 August 1943) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament MP since 1983. He currently represents the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden and, prior to boundary changes, represented St Albans. He was a Cabinet minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, serving as Trade and Industry Secretary from July 1990 to April 1992, and as Social Security Secretary from April 1992 to May 1997.
Early life
Lilley, whose father was a personnel officer for the BBC, was born at Hayes in Kent. He was educated at Dulwich College and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied Economics and Physics. His Cambridge contemporaries included Kenneth Clarke, Michael Howard and Norman Lamont. Before entering Parliament, he was an energy analyst at the City of London stockbroker, W. Greenwell & Co.
Member of Parliament
Having been selected and elected for St. Albans, a safe Conservative seat, he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nigel Lawson, then as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Financial Secretary to the Treasury before joining the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to replace Nicholas Ridley in mid-1990 after the latter was forced to resign over an anti-German remark. After the 1992 General Election he became Secretary of State for Social Security.
He contested the 1997 Conservative Party leadership election, placing fourth in a field of five. In opposition he held the post of Shadow Chancellor from 1997 to 1998 and was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1998 to 1999.
In 2001 Lilley provoked some controversy in his party and Britain more widely by calling for cannabis to be legalised in a Social Market Foundation pamphlet.
Lilley produced a report for the Bow Group centre-right think tank in 2005 that was highly critical of Government plans to introduce national identity cards.
When David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservatives in December 2005, Lilley was appointed Chairman of the Globalisation and Global Poverty policy group, part of Cameron's extensive 18-month policy review.
On the 6th of September 2010 The Palestine Telegraph printed an article accusing Peter Lilley and David Cameron and of selling 6 nuclear weapons and laundering $1.3 Billion for the Conservative Party Funds.
Satirist
Peter Lilley has twice given singing performances at Conservative Party conferences. In 1992 as Secretary of State at the DSS, he sang a riff on the Lord High Executioner's "little list" song from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan:
"I've got a little list / Of benefit offenders who I'll soon be rooting out / And who never would be missed / They never would be missed. / There's those who make up bogus claims / In half a dozen names / And councillors who draw the dole / To run left-wing campaigns / They never would be missed / They never would be missed. / Young ladies who get pregnant just to jump the housing queue / And dads who won't support the kids / of ladies they have ... kissed / And I haven't even mentioned all those sponging socialists / I've got them on my list / And there's none of them be missed / There's none of them be missed.
In September 2007 former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett named this speech, on BBC2's The Daily Politics, as one of his all-time favourite Conference moments.
In 1998, he changed the words of "Land of Hope and Glory", singing "Land of Chattering Classes", in condemnation of the purported abandonment of British values and history by Tony Blair's New Labour.
Lilley often used the phrase 'We have to carry out a deep and far-reaching review' to the extent that it became something of a personal catchphrase. By his own estimate, Lilley has spoken this line in the region of 130 times in Commons debates. Often the line would be delivered whilst Lilley raised an eyebrow and gave a knowing grin. The salacious undertones thus conveyed would often provoke wry amusement from many of the Tory backbenchers.
Television
Peter Lilley was a fixture of 90s TV show "Drop The Dead Donkey", being permanently affixed to the "Slimey Git of the Week" wall.
Family
He is married to Gail, an artist.
References
- "Programmes | Daily Politics | Your favourite Conference Clips". BBC News. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- "Hansard 07-05-1993".
External links
- The Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP official site
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Peter Lilley
- ePolitix.com - Peter Lilley
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Peter Lilley MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Peter Lilley MP
- The Public Whip - Peter Lilley MP
- BBC News - Peter Lilley profile 22 October 2002
- BBC article about Lilley's legalise cannabis proposal 6 July 2001
- Lilley speaks about his work as Chair of the Globalisation and Global Poverty policy group Clare Politics
Offices held
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byVictor Goodhew | Member of Parliament for St Albans 1983–1997 |
Succeeded byKerry Pollard |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden 1997–present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byIan Stewart | Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1987–1989 |
Succeeded byRichard Ryder |
| Preceded byNorman Lamont | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1989–1990 |
Succeeded byFrancis Maude |
| Preceded byNicholas Ridley | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1990–1992 |
Succeeded byMichael Heseltineas President of the Board of Trade |
| Preceded byTony Newton | Secretary of State for Social Security 1992–1997 |
Succeeded byHarriet Harman |
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| 1997 Conservative Party leadership election | |
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| Outgoing Leader: John Major | |
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- 1943 births
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- British Secretaries of State
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Hitchin
- Living people
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