| 词条 | George Freeman (politician) |
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| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} | name = George Freeman | image = Official portrait of George Freeman crop 2.jpg | office = Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board | primeminister = Theresa May | term_start = 15 July 2016 | term_end = 20 November 2017 | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences | primeminister1 = David Cameron | term_start1 = 15 July 2014 | term_end1 = 15 July 2016 | predecessor1 = Position established | successor1 = Nicola Blackwood | office2 = Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk | parliament = | majority2 = 16,086 (28.9%) | term_start2 = 6 May 2010 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Keith Simpson | successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|07|12}} | birth_place = Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | party = Conservative | otherparty = | spouse = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Girton College, Cambridge | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = {{URL|georgefreeman.co.uk/}} }} George William Freeman {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 12 July 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk since 2010. Freeman was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences in July 2014, and left the government when the office was closed in 2016. He was appointed chair of the Prime Minister's Policy Board in July 2016, and resigned in November 2017. He is a founder of 2020 Conservatives group and a member of Bright Blue's advisory board. Early lifeFreeman was born on 12 July 1967 to jockey Arthur Freeman and Joanna Stockbridge.[1][2][3] His parents divorced soon after he was born, and he had no contact with his father until he reached adulthood, growing up as a ward of court.[1][4] Freeman would later buy at auction the trophy his father received as winner of the 1958 Grand National.[1] He counts 19th-century Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone as his great-great-great-uncle, and Mabel Philipson as his great-aunt.[5][6][7] He was educated at Radley College and Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a Geography degree in 1989.[3] After university, Freeman worked in Westminster as a lobbyist for the National Farmers Union.[8] Before entering Parliament, he had a career in biomedical venture capital.[9] Political careerFreeman stood unsuccessfully in Stevenage at the 2005 general election. He was subsequently added to the Conservative A-List, and was selected for Mid Norfolk in October 2006. Freeman was elected in the 2010 general election as MP for Mid Norfolk. The previous incumbent, Keith Simpson, contested the neighbouring Broadland constituency instead. The Independent highlighted Freeman as one of a small number of MPs who claimed Parliamentary expenses for rent in London despite owning and letting out property in the city.[10]Shortly after entering Parliament, Freeman was elected Chair of the All Party Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture. He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Barker MP, in the Coalition Government's first tranche of appointments. In July 2011, Freeman was appointed Government Life Science Advisor. At a 2011 Boxing Day hunt, he called for a review of the ban on hunting with dogs, calling it "class war against the countryside".[11] In the same year, he opposed holding a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.[12] In 2013, Freeman opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage and supported military intervention in Syria.[13][14][15] After a number of accidents on the A47 road in his constituency, Freeman campaigned for investment in safety.[16][17] The road was included in a programme of investment announced in December 2014.[18] In 2014, he was appointed Minister for Life Sciences at the Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.[19] The role had not previously existed in any country.[7] Freeman was nicknamed "High Tech Hezza", after Michael Heseltine whose former office he occupied while minister.[7] During this role, Freeman was criticised by Labour opponents for describing use of prosecutions to enforce the minimum wage as "the politics of envy".[20] In 2015, he asked the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to establish an enquiry into disabilities caused by hormone pregnancy tests.[21] At a party conference fringe meeting in 2018, Freeman described 'his horror' being given £4.2B by the Treasury to computerise the NHS which was then still relying on paper records. He had not been invited to any of the meetings about the project, authorised by George Osbourne and Jeremy Hunt, and had received no clear directions on how it was to be spent.[22] Freeman is a co-founder of the 2020 Group of Conservative MPs, which he described as the "radical progressive centre ground" of the Conservative Party.[23] In 2017, Freeman criticised a tribunal ruling that people with extreme anxiety who struggle to leave the house should have the same legal status as the partially sighted, saying that the former were not "really disabled". After criticism from opposition MPs, disability charity Scope, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission, he said that he regretted if his comment "inadvertently caused any offence which was not intended", and that he did not "need any lectures on the damage anxiety does" after childhood experience of anxiety and depression.[24][25][26] Freeman chaired the Prime Minister's Policy Board until his resignation in November 2017.[27] He warned the party not to be defined by "nostalgia, hard Brexit, public sector austerity and lazy privilege".[28] In September 2018, he called for Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation once a deal on the UK's departure from the European Union was secured through Parliament.[29] He said he would stand to be her successor if supported by his party, before ruling out the possibility shortly afterward.[30][31] Personal lifeFreeman was married from 1996 to 2016, and has two children.[3][32] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9750516/National-treasure-finds-its-natural-home-as-George-Freeman-MP-stumps-up-for-1958-trophy.html|title=National treasure finds its natural home as George Freeman MP stumps up for 1958 trophy|last=Armytage|first=Marcus|date=17 December 2012|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/35463.stm|title=George Freeman MP|date=|work=BBC Democracy Live|accessdate=25 July 2010|publisher=BBC}} 3. ^1 2 Who's Who. Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved on 17 June 2011. 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/health/three-norfolk-mps-left-shocked-after-meeting-foster-carers-1-2848922 |title=Three Norfolk MPs left shocked after meeting foster carers |last=Freezer |first=David |work=Norwich Evening News |access-date=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f67fe45c-7909-11e7-a3e8-60495fe6ca71 |title=Tory activists plan Conservative answer to Glastonbury |last1=Mance |first1=Henry |date=5 August 2017 |work=Financial Times |accessdate=6 August 2017 |quote=Mr Freeman — a descendant of the Liberal prime minister William Gladstone and a former biotechnology investor — said he envisions the Conservative Ideas Festival as a “cross between Hay-on-Wye and the Latitude festival”.}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Freeman_George/status/949244477843099648|title=Yes this is my GreatAunt Mabel Philipson MP, first British @Conservatives Woman MP after #NancyAstor. Former GaietyGirl & ardent campaigner for children & disabilities. (Am working on her biography to publish later this year)@ConHistGrp @Women2Win @SophyRidgeSky @ConHomepic.twitter.com/78EhTRDBQ9|first=George Freeman|last=MP|publisher=}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/george-freeman-just-the-man-for-a-matter-of-life-and-death-9627620.html |title=George Freeman: Just the man for a matter of life and death |last=Pagano |first=Margareta |date=24 July 2014 |work=The Independent}} 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Armitstead |first1=Louise |title=George Freeman unites science, business and NHS |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/9733190/George-Freeman-unites-science-business-and-NHS.html |accessdate=26 February 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 December 2012 |ref=DT-Career}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/9733190/George-Freeman-unites-science-business-and-NHS.html |title=George Freeman unites science, business and NHS |last=Armitstead |first=Louise |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=15 September 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} 10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-who-own-london-homes-still-claim-rent-2151575.html|title=MPs who own London homes still claim rent|work=The Independent|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/norfolk-mp-calls-for-review-of-hunting-ban-as-thousands-attend-boxing-day-meets-1-1163128 |title=Norfolk MP calls for review of Hunting Ban, as thousands attend Boxing Day meets |last=Bareham |first=Chris Bishop, Donna-Louise Bishop and Dominic |work=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8847123/EU-referendum-how-the-MPs-voted.html|title=EU referendum: how the MPs voted|date=25 October 2011|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/02/the-tories-who-voted-against-gay-marriage-full-list/|title=MPs who voted against gay marriage: full list {{!}} Coffee House|date=5 February 2013|work=Coffee House|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-US}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/05/blow-cameron-128-tory-mps-vote-against-gay-marriage|title=Blow for Cameron as 128 Tory MPs vote against gay marriage|website=www.newstatesman.com|language=en|access-date=16 September 2018}} 15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/syria-how-your-mp-vote-2238483|title=Syria: How did your MP vote in the Commons over military action?|last=Beattie|first=Jason|date=30 August 2013|work=mirror|access-date=16 September 2018}} 16. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/family-s-tribute-to-sprowston-motorcyclist-killed-in-a47-crash-1-2238393|title=Family’s tribute to Sprowston motorcyclist killed in A47 crash|last=Walsh|first=Adam Gretton and Peter|work=Eastern Daily Press|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en}} 17. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/facebook-appeal-for-blackspot-action-after-man-killed-on-a47-at-scarning-near-dereham-1-2197623|title=Facebook appeal for blackspot action after man killed on A47 at Scarning, near Dereham|last=George|first=Martin|work=Norwich Evening News|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en}} 18. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11265669/15-billion-for-road-schemes-Where-will-they-be.html|title=£15 billion for road schemes: Where will they be?|last=Graham|first=Georgia|date=1 December 2014|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 19. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2015-03-23/battleground-anglia-mid-norfolk/|title=Battleground Anglia: Mid Norfolk|work=ITV News|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en}} 20. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/conservative-mp-george-freeman-politics-of-envy-comment-provokes-labour-outrage-1-3976984|title=Conservative MP George Freeman "politics of envy" comment provokes Labour outrage|last=Dickson|first=Annabelle|work=Eastern Daily Press|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en}} 21. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/mother-searches-for-answers-as-inquiry-is-launched-into-disabilities-caused-by-pregnancy-tests-1-4175957|title=Mother searches for answers as inquiry is launched into disabilities caused by pregnancy tests|last=Carding|first=Nicholas|work=Eastern Daily Press|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en}} 22. ^{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45707226|title=MP's 'horror' at getting £4.2bn to digitise NHS with no plan|work=BBC news:politics|date=2 October 2018|accessdate=3 October 2018}} 23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10918509/Tory-plans-for-retired-pensioners-to-retrain-as-teachers.html|title=Tory plans for retired pensioners to retrain as teachers|last=Dominiczak|first=Peter|date=22 June 2014|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 24. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefits-george-freeman-really-disabled-people-anxiety-pills-depression-mental-health-a7600931.html |title=Theresa May's adviser says people with anxiety aren't 'really disabled' |work=The Independent |access-date=16 September 2018 |language=en-GB}} 25. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/27/may-adviser-george-freeman-regrets-benefits-disabled-people-anxiety |title=May adviser regrets saying benefits should only go to 'really disabled' people |last=Stewart |first=Heather |date=27 February 2017 |work=The Guardian |language=en |access-date=16 September 2018}} 26. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39097019 |title=Benefits should be for 'really disabled' |date=26 February 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=16 September 2018 |language=en-GB}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/theresa-may-policy-chief-george-freeman-resigns-2017-11 |title=Theresa May's policy chief George Freeman resigns}} 28. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-freeman-resigns-theresa-may-head-of-policy-unit-government-a8065731.html|title=The head of Theresa May's policy unit just resigned|work=The Independent|access-date=16 September 2018|language=en-GB}} 29. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-may-should-sort-brexit-deal-and-then-go-former-policy-chief-says-11496929 |title=Theresa May should sort Brexit deal and then go, former policy chief says |work=Sky News |access-date=15 September 2018 |language=en-GB}} 30. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/george-freeman-says-he-will-run-to-be-pm-1-5695333 |title=Norfolk MP: ‘I’ll stand to be next PM’ |last=Porritt |first=Richard |work=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=15 September 2018 |language=en}} 31. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/i-do-not-plan-to-stand-norfolk-mp-george-freeman-rules-out-conservative-leadership-bid-1-5710984 |title=‘I do NOT plan to stand’ - Norfolk MP George Freeman rules out Conservative leadership bid |first=Dan |last=Grimmer |publisher= }} 32. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/philip-green-should-remember-that-with-privilege-comes-responsibility-clhmmz797 |title=Philip Green should remember that with privilege comes responsibility: Tory business minister George Freeman sends a moral message to big corporate chiefs |work=The Times |date=11 June 2016 |last=Sylvester |first=Rachel}} External links
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