PAICE, James

Member for South East Cambridgeshire (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for South East Cambridgeshire 1987-2010. Committees: Chair, Singapore APPG; General Executive, CPA; Secretary, Lupus APPG; Vice-Chair, Paper Related Industries APPG; Chair, Shooting and Conservation APPG; Member, Anglo-American Parliamentary Group, ANZAC APPG; Independent Territories Group, Friend of the Falklands, Malaysia APPG, Bulgari APPG, Racing and Bloodstocks APPG, Beer APPG, Pipe and Cigar Smokers Club, Wine Group. Political career: Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2010; Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs 2004-10; Shadow Minister for Home Affairs 2001-04; Opposition Spokesperson, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1997-2001; Opposition Spokesman on Police 2001; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Employment 1995-97; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment 1994-95; Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Gummer as Minister of Agriculture, then Secretary of State for the Environment 1990-94; PPS to Baroness Trumpington, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1989-90; Parliamentary Candidate for Caernarfon 1979; Councillor, Suffolk Coastal District Council 1976-87 (Chairman in 1983). Special political interests: Farming, forestry, countryside, small business, employment issues, waste management, racing industry. Education: Writtle Agricultural College. Hobbies: Shooting. b. 24 April 1949, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Married with two children.