1. Christopher Murray Alexander Law was born on 21 October 1969 and is a Scottish National Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Dundee Central, formerly Dundee West, since 2015.
16 Facts About Chris Law
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Chris Law was first elected at the 2015 general election, winning a seat that had been held by Labour for the previous 65 years.
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Chris Law served as SNP Spokesperson for International Development from 2017 to 2022, resigning from his position after the election of Stephen Flynn.
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Chris Law later trained as a French chef, then went to the University of St Andrews where he received a degree in Social Anthropology.
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Chris Law developed a love of India while at university and for ten years operated a business providing tours of the Himalayas on 1950s motorcycles.
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Chris Law initially joined the SNP in 1999, and rejoined after returning to the UK in 2010.
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In March 2018, Chris Law said that he had spent time in social care in his teenage years in St Andrews.
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Chris Law was a prominent Yes Scotland campaigner during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and was the founder of the Spirit of Independence road tour of communities that toured Scotland in a refurbished Green Goddess fire engine.
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In September 2017, Chris Law signed a joint letter denouncing the Spanish Government's efforts to block the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.
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On 25 April 2018, Chris Law secured a debate in Westminster Hall on 'Protecting Children in Conflict'.
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Chris Law served as the co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Video Games.
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In October 2018, Chris Law backed The Independent Game Developers' Association's calls for a Video Games Investment Fund in the Chancellor's Autumn Budget.
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In 2020, Chris Law joined the All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing which has been subject to criticism by some campaigners on whistleblowing law reform.
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Chris Law is a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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Chris Law is a supporter of the right of self-determination for Tibet.
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Chris Law has been a supporter of drug reform laws.