WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE
This site tells you a bit about me. I've been lucky enough to hold high office as a MP, and Tony Blair gave me the honour of becoming the UK's first government minister from the Sikh faith.
Through the roles I've had, both in and out of politics, I've been able to help get some good things done. Public service really matters to me. I chaired one of the biggest staff organisations in the NHS, I led the regeneration of the Gloucester Quays and I currently lead the campaign to build the world's largest privately financed infrastructure project, which is set to create 180,000 new jobs. Oh, and I've written a book, you can find out more on this site...
WHAT I DO...
My career so far...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BACK HEATHROW
Leading the campaign for the world's biggest privately funded infrastructure project, creating 180,000 UK jobs.
MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL CAREER
Ministerial roles in the Department of Education, Department of Communities & Local Government, the DTI and nine years as Gloucester's MP
CHARITIES AND BOARDS
Working with charitable and entrepreneurial organisations to build new homes, improve healthcare and regenerate communities
CHAIR, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS FEDERATION (AHPF)
Non-executive Chair, building recognition for a dedicated healthcare workforce of 158,000 AHPs, the third largest workforce in the NHS.
MY POLITICAL RACE
An outsider's journey to the Hearth of British Politics
BIOGRAPHY
To find out a bit more about Parmjit
NEW FROM THE BLOG...
RECENT TWEETS...
Great to trade shirts ahead of the game today 🏴🇮🇪
Sorry about the score @SimonHarrisTD!
Thoughts for a few @UKLabour
MPs:
1. You WILL get lots of mail on contentious issues. BUT, reasonable people respect you when you disagree with them, if you make the case - like a £22bn deficit
2. When journos call for comment, its not always to be helpful
Just setting off for the first in-person meeting of @SELabour Regional Executive since the @UKLabour landslide.
Great position for the party to be in, but much to do...
✅ A proud moment delivering my maiden speech to Parliament
Whilst Stratford & Bow is a new constituency, its history is old and rich.
Home to Suffragettes, titans of the Labour movement, NHS founders, legendary Grime artists, Pearly Kings & Queens & a rich tapestry of cultures
My warmest congratulations to my predecessor and true champion of Derby, Baroness Margaret Beckett on her induction to the House of Lords.
I have no doubt she will continue her lifelong work of formidable service and dedication to our country.