Andrew Guy Tyrie (born 15 January1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative PartyMember of Parliament for Chichester, and was first elected in the 1997 general election. He had previously been a special adviser at HM Treasury. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Chichester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ...
Tyrie is chairman of the All Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition. N379P, one of the planes used by the CIA Extraordinary rendition is a procedure practiced by the government of the United States (and possibly aided by other western countries) whereby criminal suspects are sent to countries in which torture is routinely used in interrogation. ...
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Andrew Tyrie MP
TheyWorkForYou.com - Andrew Tyrie MP
The Public Whip - Andrew Tyrie MP voting record
BBC News - Andrew Tyrie MP profile 10 February, 2005
All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition
Andrew Tyrie:...that she did not intend to disfranchise a large proportion of service personnel at the last election, but that was the effect of the legislation.
AndrewTyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many representations have been made to UK military authorities in Iraq by prisoners of war of (a) Iraqi and (b) other nationality in accordance with their rights under article 78 of the third Geneva convention.
AndrewTyrie:..., this issue is the most flagrant and unacceptable example of voter exclusion: it involves service personnel, who are, at this very moment, risking their lives on our behalf in war zones such as Iraq.
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