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'''Sir Peter James Luff''' (born 18 February 1955) is a British former politician and previous Chair of the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] and the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]].<ref name="hlf">{{cite web|url=https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/sir-peter-luff|title=Sir Peter Luff|last=|first=|date=|website=Heritage Lottery Fund|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> Formerly a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, he was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Mid Worcestershire]] from 1997 to 2015 and for [[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)|Worcester]] from 1992 until 1997. He was a junior Defence minister from 2010 to 2012. | '''Sir Peter James Luff''' (born 18 February 1955) is a British former politician and previous Chair of the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] and the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]].<ref name="hlf">{{cite web|url=https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/sir-peter-luff|title=Sir Peter Luff|last=|first=|date=|website=Heritage Lottery Fund|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116192228/https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/sir-peter-luff|archive-date=16 January 2017|accessdate=2 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Formerly a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, he was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Mid Worcestershire]] from 1997 to 2015 and for [[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)|Worcester]] from 1992 until 1997. He was a junior Defence minister from 2010 to 2012. | ||
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As a backbench MP, he served on many parliamentary select committees, including chairing the [[Agriculture Select Committee]] from 1997 to 2000, and from 2005 to 2010 he chaired what was successively known as the [[Trade and Industry Committee (House of Commons)|Trade and Industry Committee]]; the [[Business and Enterprise Select Committee]]; and the [[Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee]]. | As a backbench MP, he served on many parliamentary select committees, including chairing the [[Agriculture Select Committee]] from 1997 to 2000, and from 2005 to 2010 he chaired what was successively known as the [[Trade and Industry Committee (House of Commons)|Trade and Industry Committee]]; the [[Business and Enterprise Select Committee]]; and the [[Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee]]. | ||
He was the founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds Middle Way Group,<ref name="appmwg">{{cite web|url=http://appmwg.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=28|publisher=appmwg.org.uk|title=The Middle Way Group|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> and took a keen parliamentary interest in India. In the [[Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition]] of May 2010, Luff was appointed as a junior Defence minister at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], with the post of [[Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology]].<ref name="mod">{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterForDefenceEquipmentSupportAndTechnology.htm|publisher=mod.uk|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (including Defence Exports) – GOV.UK |accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> | He was the founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds Middle Way Group,<ref name="appmwg">{{cite web|url=http://appmwg.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=28|publisher=appmwg.org.uk|title=The Middle Way Group|accessdate=2 July 2017|archive-date=28 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328031452/http://appmwg.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=28|url-status=dead}}</ref> and took a keen parliamentary interest in India. In the [[Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition]] of May 2010, Luff was appointed as a junior Defence minister at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], with the post of [[Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology]].<ref name="mod">{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterForDefenceEquipmentSupportAndTechnology.htm|publisher=mod.uk|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (including Defence Exports) – GOV.UK |accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> | ||
Prior to the general election of [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], Luff stood down as a candidate. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2014 New Year Honours]] for political and public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=1|date=31 December 2013}}</ref> He joined the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] and the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]] as Chair of the Board of Trustees on 30 March 2015.<ref name="hlf"/> | Prior to the general election of [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], Luff stood down as a candidate. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2014 New Year Honours]] for political and public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=1|date=31 December 2013}}</ref> He joined the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] and the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]] as Chair of the Board of Trustees on 30 March 2015.<ref name="hlf"/> | ||
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Early life
Peter Luff was born in the town of Windsor in Berkshire and attended the local Windsor Grammar School. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics in 1976.
Before entering parliament, he worked for three years from 1977 as a research assistant to the Conservative MP Peter Walker, before managing Edward Heath's private office for two years from 1980. He became the managing director of Good Relations Ltd, a public affairs company, in 1982.
In 1987, he became a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, David Young. He became a senior consultant for Lowe Bell Communications (later Bell Pottinger Communications) in 1989, before again working for Good Relations from 1990.
Parliamentary career
He contested Holborn and St Pancras at the 1987 general election, but was comfortably beaten by the sitting Labour MP, Frank Dobson. He was first elected to Parliament for Worcester, when he succeeded his former boss, Peter Walker.
Following changes in the parliamentary constituency boundaries, he was selected for the new Mid Worcestershire constituency, comprising large areas of three former constituencies, defeating another sitting Conservative MP, Eric Forth, for the nomination. He won the safe seat comfortably and was a member of the House of Commons from 1992. In the 1997 Labour landslide, he held his seat, and retained it until standing down in 2015.
He was appointed a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in 1993 to the energy minister Tim Eggar, and from 1996 he served as PPS to both Ann Widdecombe the prisons minister at the Home Office and Lord Mackay, Lord Chancellor, holding these two positions until the defeat of the Conservative government at the general election of 1997.
As a backbench MP, he served on many parliamentary select committees, including chairing the Agriculture Select Committee from 1997 to 2000, and from 2005 to 2010 he chaired what was successively known as the Trade and Industry Committee; the Business and Enterprise Select Committee; and the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee.
He was the founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds Middle Way Group,[2] and took a keen parliamentary interest in India. In the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition of May 2010, Luff was appointed as a junior Defence minister at the Ministry of Defence, with the post of Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.[3]
Prior to the general election of 2015, Luff stood down as a candidate. He was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for political and public service.[4] He joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund as Chair of the Board of Trustees on 30 March 2015.[1]
Personal life
He married Julia Jenks in 1982. They have a son and a daughter.[5]
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- Peter Luff MP official constituency website
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- 1955 births
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Living people
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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- UK MPs 2005–2010
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- Knights Bachelor
- People from Windsor, Berkshire
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Worcester