HARRIS, Evan Dr

Member for Oxford West and Abingdon since 1997. Committees: Member of the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology and the Joint Committee on Human Rights; All-Party Groups on Kidneys, AIDS, Refugees, Mental Health. Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills since 2007; Liberal Democrat Science Spokesman 2005-07; Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary 2001-03; Spokesman on Higher Education and Women-s Issues 1999-2001; Junior Health Spokesman 1997-99. Special political interest: Health, equality issues, refugees/asylum, science, secularism, ethics. Profession/Trade: Medical doctor. Education: Blue Coat School, Liverpool; Havard High School, California, ESU Scholarship; Wadham College, Oxford, Open Scholarship, BA (Hons) 2:1 Physiological Sciences; Oxford University Clinical Medical School, BM, BCH. Languages spoken: French and Spanish (conversational). Affiliations: Member, BMA; Member, BMA Medical Ethics Committee. Hobbies: Chess, bridge, squash. b. 21 October 1965, Sheffield. Single.