SALTER, Martin

Member for Reading West since 1997. Committees: Chair, All-Party Group on Angling since 2006; Member, Home Affairs Select Committee since 2006; Secretary, All-Party Group on Kashmir since 2005; Member, Co-operative Party; Parliamentary Advisor on Shooting and Fishing to Richard Caborn, as Minister of State for Sport since 2002; Secretary, All-Party Panjabis in Britain Group since 2001; Vice-Chair, All-Party Fibromyalgia Group since 2001; Member, Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons 2001-05; Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons since 2001; Member, Labour Party Departmental Committees for Home Affairs since 2001, Northern Ireland 1997-2001; Environment, Transport and the Regions since 1997, Parliamentary Affairs since 1997. Member, Northern Ireland Affairs 1997-99; Chair, South East Regional Group of Labour MPs since 1998. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jacqui Smith, Minister of State DfES 2005 (resigned); Deputy Leader, Reading Borough Council 1987-96; Councillor, Reading Borough Council 1984-96; Chair, Leisure Committee 1986-88. Special political interests: Environment, local and regional government, housing, Northern Ireland, human rights. Education: Strodes School, Egham, Surrey. Author of: Various articles in national and local press, Fabian Review, Punch. Affiliations: Member of Greenpeace, National Trust, Amnesty International, Angling Conservation Association, Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement; Patron of Cystinosis Foundation, Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Centre; Vice-President, Supporters Trust, Reading FC; Member, Reading and District Angling Association and other fishing clubs. Hobbies: Angling, walking, football. b. 19 April 1954. Married.