ENGEL, Natascha

Member for North East Derbyshire since 2005. Committees: Chair, Backbench Business Committee since 2010; Member, Liaison Select Committee since 2010; Member, Reform of the House of Commons Select Committee 2009-10; Member, Work and Pensions Select Committee 2005-07. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Denham as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2009-10; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Liam Byrne as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2008-09; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2007-08. Special political interests: Welfare rights, pensions, youth policy, manufacturing, trades unions, Parliamentary reform. Affiliations: Fabian Society, GMB, Amnesty International, Co-op Party. b. 9 April 1967, Germany. Married with three children.