John Gummer

The Right Honourable John Selwyn Gummer (born November 26, 1939) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal. He is also a regular columnist for the Catholic Herald.

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November 26 - 1939 - British - Politician - Conservative - Member of Parliament - Suffolk Coastal

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He joined the government in 1981 as a whip. He held various junior ministerial positions at the Department of Employment, and the Department for the Environment. He was made Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1989 and stayed until 1993 when he was made Secretary of State for the Environment.

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Department of Employment - Department for the Environment - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - 1989 - 1993 - Secretary of State for the Environment

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He is noted for the way he attempted to feed a beefburger to his four-year-old daughter Cordelia, at the height of the BSE panic in 1990, and for delaying a ban on beef offal in 1989.

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Beefburger - BSE - 1990 - 1989

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Along with Ann Widdecombe, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1993 in the wake of the decision to ordain women into the Anglican Church.

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Ann Widdecombe - Roman Catholicism - 1993 - Ordain - Anglican

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He introduced the Climate Change EDM to Parliament along with Michael Meacher and Norman Baker.

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Michael Meacher - Norman Baker

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He is married with 4 children.

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