1. Sir Norman Peter Lamb was born on 16 September 1957 and is a British politician and solicitor.
23 Facts About Norman Lamb
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Norman Lamb was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Norfolk from 2001 to 2019, and was the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee from 2017 to 2019.
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Norman Lamb served most recently as Minister of State for Care and Support in the Department of Health, and previously as Minister of State for Employment Relations in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and earlier as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.
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Norman Lamb went to Wymondham College in Norfolk, then the University of Leicester, graduating with an LLB.
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Norman Lamb began to specialise in employment law whilst working for Steele and Co Solicitors.
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Norman Lamb worked for a year as a researcher for Labour MP Greville Janner in the early 1980s.
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Norman Lamb was finally elected in 2001, which was his third attempt for the seat; narrowly defeating the incumbent Conservative MP David Prior by 483 votes.
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Norman Lamb was re-elected in 2005 with a significantly increased majority of 10,606 votes, despite a campaign by the Conservatives and their candidate Iain Dale to unseat him in what was one of their foremost target seats.
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Norman Lamb was re-elected for a second time in 2010 with a majority of 11,626 votes.
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At the 2010 general election, Norman Lamb was re-elected for a third time as MP for North Norfolk.
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Norman Lamb secured a larger majority than before, both in percentage terms and in absolute votes.
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On 3 February 2012, Norman Lamb was promoted to the role of junior minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills after Ed Davey was appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the resignation of Chris Huhne consequent on his prosecution and resignation from Parliament.
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Norman Lamb had announced the additional spend as "fantastic news" for the area, with Downing Street subsequently denying that either the funding or Norman Lamb's role in announcing the funding was linked to electoral objectives.
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At the 2015 general election, Norman Lamb was returned to Parliament with a significantly reduced majority.
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On 12 July 2017, Norman Lamb beat fellow Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson to become the Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee by 343 votes to Swinson's 222.
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On 27 August 2019 Norman Lamb announced he would not be seeking re-election and would stand down at the next UK general election.
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In 2018 Norman Lamb became Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing.
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Norman Lamb has expressed concern that the number of GPs willing to work in deprived areas is falling and Norman Lamb would like doctors paid a patient premium to work with poor patients.
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Norman Lamb said, "These figures [indicating a fall in the numbers of doctors working in poor areas] show a really disturbing trend, particularly given that low-income areas were already under-doctored before this latest fall took place".
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Norman Lamb has been an outspoken advocate for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK.
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In 2019, as part of a BBC documentary, Norman Lamb visited Canada and took cannabis oil, where it is legal.
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Norman Lamb married Mary in 1984, and they have two sons.
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Norman Lamb was appointed chair of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in December 2019.