FIELD, Mark

Member for Cities of London and Westminster since 2001. Committees: Secretary, All-Party British-German Parliamentary Group 2004; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Venture Capital and Private Equity 2004; Member, Housing Bill Committee 2004; Member, Select Committee on the Lord Chancellor-s Department 2003; Member, Standing Committee on the Licensing Act 2003; Member, Standing Committee for Finance Act 2002; Member, Standing Committee Enterprise Act 2002; Member, Standing Committee Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Football. Political career: Shadow Minister for Culture 2005-06; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury May-Dec 2005; Opposition Whip 2003-04; Shadow Minister for London 2003-05; Councillor, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1994-2002; Conservative Candidate for Enfield North 1997; Deputy Chair, Local Conservatives (Islington North) 1989-91. Special political interests: Tax, financial services Metropolitan policing, recycling household waste, London Underground, London Olympics bid, gun-crime, environmental issues, Royal Parks, National Lottery. Profession/Trade: Solicitor. Education: Reading School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford BA, MA Law. Affiliations: St Bartholomew-s and St Mary-s hospitals, London; EMPOWER; the Parkinson-s Disease Society; the Breast Cancer Coalition; Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Hobbies: Local London history; buying pictures; walking; pop and rock music; cricket (plays for the Lords and Commons team); supporter Bury FC. b. October 1964. Married.