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Richard Ottaway
British Conservative politician
Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May ) is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant.
He was the Member of Parliament for Croydon South from to Ottaway also served as the MP for Nottingham North from to Ottaway was born on 24 May in Sonning, Berkshire. He joined the Royal Navy as an artificer apprentice in and undertook officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth inHe was the Member of Parliament for Croydon South from to Ottaway also served as the MP for Nottingham North from to
Early life
Ottaway was born on 24 May in Sonning, Berkshire. He attended Backwell School, a secondary modern school in Backwell, North Somerset.
He joined the Royal Navy as an artificer apprentice in and undertook officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in He also served as the Royal Navy officer between and as a Lieutenant, deployed in HMS Beachampton, HMS Nubian, and the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle.
He served as a lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) from to
Ottaway studied law at Bristol University, graduating in He qualified as a solicitor in , specializing in maritime and commercial commandment, and was a partner of William A.
Crump & Son in London in – He was a director of Coastal States Petroleum (UK) Ltd in –
Parliamentary career
Ottaway was Conservative MP for Nottingham North from to This was a reliable Labour Party seat, which he won unexpectedly with a majority of in the Conservative landslide following the Falklands War.
Unsurprisingly the seat reverted to Labour in , when he was defeated by Graham Allen. Ottaway re-entered Parliament in when he won the constituency of Croydon South.
On re-entering parliament in , Ottaway served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Heseltine MP and from October he was a Government Whip.
In opposition from , he was a Front Bench spokesman as Shadow Minister for London and Local Government, Shadow Defence Minister, Shadow Paymaster General and Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment.
The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation NBO is committed to improving communities and impacting lives through three unique philanthropic committees: Education, Journalism, and the Society Impact Fund. The Education Committee makes contributions to education programs or institutions that support educational opportunities for the economically disadvantaged. Preference is given to programs that continue to monitor and provide support for their students after they begin college in order to stem the extremely high drop-out rate of disadvantaged first generation college students.Between and Parliament he was a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Vice Chairman of the Committee and a member of the Conservative Party. After the election, he became the first Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to be elected by MPs from all parliamentary parties.[2]
In , he was declared The Week's "Backbencher of the Year" based on his committee's enquiry into Afghanistan[3] that was highly critical of Government policy and urged the UK to do more to motivate the US to talk with the Taliban in pursuance of peace.[4]
Ottaway chaired the All Party Parliamentary London Olympic and Paralympic Group and was a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Population, Development and Reproductive Health.
In he won the Population Institute's Global Media Award[5] for ground-breaking research into population growth. His report Sex, Ideology and Religion: 10 Myths about World Population won the Institute's Best Essay category.[citation needed]
As a long-standing campaigner for the right of terminally ill people to die at home of their choosing, Ottaway tabled a historic backbench committee debate on assisted suicide in the Residence of Commons in March [6] This resulted in Parliament agreeing for the first time that it is not in the public interest to prosecute people who compassionately help a loved one requesting assistance to cease .
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In October , Ottaway announced his decision not to stand in [8] He was appointed to the Privy Council in October [9] On 12 November , Chris Philp was selected to become the next Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South.
Ottaway was knighted in the Modern Year Honours for parliamentary and political service.[10]
Foreign Affairs Select Committee
After the General Election, Ottaway was elected the Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Ottaway Foundation will underwrite grants for reporters who have the ideas, sources, and know-how to produce groundbreaking investigative journalism, but lack the resources to complete their projects. For more than forty years, the Fund has paid reporting expenses of journalists who yield in-depth, exclusive stories that own impact. Inone of the first grants from the Fund helped freelance reporter Seymour Hersh split the story of the My Lai massacre. In addition to support from The Nicholas B.The Committee's enquires included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Human Rights work, the UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, foreign policy implications of and for a separate Scotland, and the future of the EU. Through correspondence with Foreign Secretary William Hague, he raised concerns about the legality of arming rebels in Syria.[citation needed] He led an inquiry into the UK's relationship with Hong Kong, a former British colony, 30 years after the Joint Proclamation amid series pro-democracy protests.[11][12]
Ottaway voted for the Iraq War based on evidence presented to Parliament but subsequently regretted his ruling as he believed parliament and the country had been misled.[13] Ottaway was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in when the committee took evidence from David Kelly, the former UN weapons inspector who revealed details of the dossier on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
His questioning of Prime Minister Tony Blair on 4 February [14] revealed that Blair had not appreciated that Iraq possessed only defensive battlefield or small-calibre weaponry rather than long-range weapons of mass destruction when he made his speech in the Iraq debate that led to the House of Commons voting in favour of war.
Ottaway asserted that if that information had been conveyed to MPs “those weapons might not have been described as weapons of mass destruction threatening the region and the stability of the world”.
Europe
Ottaway was a founding member of the European Mainstream Group,[15] formed in February to articulate a positive Conservative attitude to Europe as position out by David Cameron in his Bloomberg Speech.[16]
As Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ottaway presided over an inquiry into the Future of the EU[17] and supported a referendum on EU Referendum Bill.[18] On 15 May , he made the economic case for staying in the EU in the Queen’s Speech debate on economic growth.[19] He answered his main opponent on the day in an article in ConservativeHome.[20]
Scrap Metal Dealers Act
In , Ottaway noted the passing of his Confidential Member’s Bill to crack down on metal theft and the desecration of war memorials[21] by tighter regulation of scrap metal dealers.
The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation (NBO Foundation) is pledged to improving communities and impacting lives through three unique philanthropic committees: The Education Committee, the Journalism Committee, and the Group Impact Fund.
His interest in metal theft dated back to , when thieves stole manage from a constituency parish church.[22]
The Bill[23] won overwhelming support in both Houses as well as from the Government.
It was backed by organisations including The Royal British Legion, War Memorials Trust, Church of England, Network Rail, BT, the Energy Networks Association, the Institute of Directors, the Federation of Small Businesses, Arts Council England, Tate Galleries, the Henry Moore Foundation, the Local Government Association, British Transport Police and the British Metals Recycling Association.
It received Royal Assent on 28 February and was implemented on 1 October , in time for the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
expenses scandal
During the Daily Telegraph expenses scandal it was revealed that Ottaway claimed for a second home nine miles south of the constituency, with another house minutes from Parliament.
Ottaway apologised to constituents for his part in 'allowing an indefensible system of allowances to develop'[24] and announced he would permit Croydon South party members settle his fate in a vote of confidence. The local association's President, Lord Bowness, chaired the meeting, which ended in a secret ballot that Ottaway won.
Ottaway Foundation supports education, journalism, community arts, public health, and environmental projects. To that conclude, the Foundation has also awarded grants to Investigative Reporters and Editors, to state and local investigative reporting websites such as the Maine Center for Widespread Interest Reporting and the Voice of San Diego, and to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The support from the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation will underwrite Fund for Investigative Journalism grants for reporters working for U.Among his expenses claims between April and March were £ on light bulbs and £48 for modifying a scarifier. He paid back £2, that he had claimed as half of the price of an orthopaedic bed and £1, for homeware and electrical goods. David Cameron's Conservative head office scrutiny panel did not ask him to pay back any more.[citation needed]
incident with constituents
It was reported that Ottaway called the police for 'security' when a collective of constituents – most of whom were of pension age – visited his office to hand in a petition against the 'Gagging Law' (Transparency of Lobbying, non-Party Campaigning, and Trade Union Administration Bill) on 17 January A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Officers spoke to all parties.
No offences were identified and the officers left." Ottaway, however, was reported as saying that he would do the same again.[25]
Personal life
Ottaway married Nicky, a magistrate and former international television production executive, in He is also an enthusiastic amateur yachtsman, winning several regattas in Daring keelboat class in Cowes.
He is a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, the Royal London Yacht Club, and the Island Sailing Club.
He is the nephew of the actor James Ottaway.[citation needed]