William Ernest "Bill" Rammell (born
10 October 1959,
Islington) is a politician in the
United Kingdom. He has been
Labour member of Parliament for
Harlow since
1997 and is a
Minister of State in the
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Early life
He went to Burnt Mill Comprehensive on
First Avenue in Harlow. At the University of Wales, Cardiff he studied for a
BA in French and Politics, gaining a degree in 1982. He was president of
Cardiff University Students' Union from 1982-3. He was a management trainee at
British Rail from 1983-4. From 1984-7, he was a Regional Officer at the
NUS. From 1987-9, he was Head of Youth Services for
Basildon Council. He was the General Manager of
King's College, London Students' Union from 1990-4, and worked as a Business Manager for
University of London Union from 1994-7. He was a member of
Harlow District Council from 1985 to 1997.
Parliamentary career
He was a
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office until the
2005 general election, when he was appointed to the
Department for Education and Skills as
Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education. The department was disbanded by
Gordon Brown on
28 June 2007, and in Brown's reshuffle Rammell moved to the newly created
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
In the 2005 election, he had the 3rd smallest majority of any Labour MP, at just 97 votes. The result was so close that the final declaration had to be delayed 2 days after voting, in order to give exhausted counting officials time to rest.
Although Bill Rammell is responsible for the UK government's lifelong learning policy, in September 2007 he somewhat controversially withdrew funding from significant amounts of adult and continuing education in UK universities, allegedly putting at risk such institutions as the Open University and Birkbeck College, in addition to lifelong learning departments throughout the UK.
He is a Pro-European, who is supportive of joining the Single European Currency, this verified by his time as Chair of Labour's Britain in Europe Group. He was the first British government minister to visit
North Korea in September 2004.
Personal life
He married Beryl Jarhall on January 1 1983. They have a son (born September 1989) and a daughter (born November 1992).
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