European Institute

 03 June 2013

When 03 June 2013, 5.00pm Where Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT Wilkins Building Gower Street WC1E 6BT Followed by a drinks reception in the South Cloisters Register HERE>

A lecture by the Rt. Hon. David Lidington MP, Minister of State for Europe, organised in partnership with the academic association for Contemporary European Studies, UACES.

David Lidington MP was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010.David Lidington was elected to Parliament in 1992 and is the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury.

He worked for BP and RTZ before spending three years as Special Advisor to Douglas Hurd in the Home Office and Foreign Office. His proudest political achievement was successfully promoting a Private Members Bill which became the Chiropractors Act in 1994. He believes that this piece of legislation has made a real difference to many people’s lives.

He has a long standing passion for history, and has twice captained a champion team on University Challenge, first in 1979 and then in 2002 when the Sidney Sussex team became “champion of champions” in University Challenge Reunited.