Nigel Griffiths

Nigel Griffiths    ( politician)
Born	1955-05-20  Glasgow,  Scotland
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Spouse	Sally McLaughlin
Party	Labour
Scottish MP  Deputy Leader of the House of Commons In office 10 May 2005 - 13 March 2007 Preceded by Phil Woolas  Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South In office 12 June 1987 - 12 April 2010 Preceded by Clement Freud, Mike Hancock, Michael Havers, Patrick Jenkin, Roy Jenkins, Norman St John-Stevas, Enoch Powell, Nick Raynsford, Geoffrey Rippon

Nigel Griffiths (born 20 May 1955, Glasgow) is a Labour MP for Edinburgh South. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons until 2007, and before that has held a number of government positions, including Minister for Construction, Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Coal Health Compensation, Minister for Small Businesses and Minister for Enterprise.

He resigned from Government in March 2007 over his opposition to funding new Trident nuclear submarines.

Affiliations

• Non-executive Director, (remunerated) Jabbar Group, Glasgow - Global business company focusing on technology, architecture, master planning, city developers, corporate and retail travel, human resource management, media, leisure and international property investment
• Non-executive, Public Interest Foundation - associated charitable foundation. The precise wording in Griffiths register of interests is 'Remunerated directorships: The Jabbar Group and Public Interest Foundation (non-executive); an infrastructure company and associated charitable foundation.' This is odd as Griffiths is not registered as a directo of Public Interest foundation and in its accounts of February 2008 it declares that it did no business and has no resources.

Resources

• Griffiths, Nigel, Nigel Griffiths Biography, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Jabbar Group, About Jabbar Group, accessed 25 November 2008.
• UK Parliament, Register of Members' Interests, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.

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