Good news for Alok
Adam Hewitt • Published 14 Sep 2010 13:30
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ALOK Sharma has been promoted after just four months in Parliament.
The Reading West Tory MP has been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Mr Sharma, who won retired Labour MP Martin Salter’s seat in May, said: “I am delighted to have been appointed to this role and look forward to assisting Mark Hoban. The Treasury is at the heart of Government decision-making and I am sure that the PPS job will be an extremely interesting one.”
He sat behind his new boss during the Equitable Life compensation debate on Tuesday as Mr Hoban stood at the Dispatch box setting out the Government's position during the Second Reading of the Bill.
Mr Sharma's new position could make it even more difficult for him to honour his pledge to policyholders to vote for fair compensation, as reported in The Chronicle last week, because he will be expected to vote not only with the Government, but with Mr Hoban, who is responsible for the compensation policy.
A final decision is expected as part of the comprehensive spending review next month.
Mr Sharma will also be helping Mr Hoban with banking and City reform and regulation, the state-owned banks, pensions policy and international finance. As a PPS, he will also be keeping track of backbench opinion on these issues.
Reading East MP Rob Wilson is also a PPS, to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.
This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 16 Sep 10
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Howard Thomas
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Sep 21, 01:08
Report commentThis is the problem for Alok......to vote for decent compensation......or to vote with the government regardless of the deal. Martin Salter was alwys accused of facing both ways. Your public awaits!
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