HEMMING, John

Member for Birmingham, Yardley since 2005. ,em>Committees: Member, Standing Orders Select Committee since 2011; Member, Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments since 2010; Member, Backbench Business Select Committee since 2010; Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee 2008-10; Member, Joint Committee on the Draft Legal Services Bill 2006; Member, Procedure Select Committee since 2006; Member, Regulatory Reform Select Committee since 2005. Political career: Contested Birmingham Hall Green 1983, Birmingham Small Heath 1987, Birmingham Yardley 1992, 1997 and 2001 general elections; Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Birmingham City Council since 2004; Councillor, Birmingham City Council since 1990: Deputy Leader 2004-05. Special political interests: Energy, family policy, law and order, health. Profession/Trade: Technical entrepreneur; Director, JHC plc. Education: King Edward`s School, Edgbaston; Magdalen College, Oxford University. Affiliations: Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Musicians` Union. Hobbies: Playing jazz music (piano and guitar), spending time with his children, reading. b. 16 March 1960. Married with four children.