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Nusrat Ghani MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
UK Department for Transport
Nusrat Ghani MP was appointed as a Government Whip on 11 July 2019. She has also been a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport since 9 January 2018. She was Assistant Government Whip from January 2018 to July 2019. She was elected Conservative MP for Wealden in 2015.
Education
Nusrat was the first woman in her family to be formally educated. She attended state comprehensive school before studying at Birmingham City University (BA Government and Politics) and Leeds University (MA International Relations).
Political career
Nusrat was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office in 2017. She also served as the Chair of the Prime Minister's Apprenticeship Diversity Network.
Select Committee membership:
Committee on Arms Export Controls (October 2017 to January 2018)
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (September 2017 to January 2018)
Foreign Affairs Committee (September 2017 to January 2018)
Armed Forces Bill Committee (October 2015 to November 2015)
Home Affairs Committee (July 2015 to May 2017)
Career outside politics
Before beginning her career in politics, Nusrat was employed by the charities Age UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and later for the BBC World Service.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Nusrat Ghani has responsibility for: