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Duncan served as Head of the EU Office for the Scottish Parliament in Brussels from 2005 and 2011. Thereafter he was appointed Clerk to the Parliament's European Committee and EU Advisor to the Parliament. He resigned from his position in 2013 to pursue candidacy for the upcoming European elections
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In 2017, Duncan was ranked as the 10th-most influential MEP on environmental policy in the European Parliament. and the 6th-most influential on energy policy. EurActiv ranked Duncan as the 15th-most influential politician on energy union in Europe in 2016.
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From 2014 Duncan served as the chief whip of the UK Conservative delegation. He was also a vice-chair of the Wine, Spirits and Quality Foodstuffs intergroup in the European Parliament.
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In 1999 Duncan became the deputy chief executive, and secretary for the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, where he developed policy and worked closely with the
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from 2014 to 2017. He is the only minister to have served in each of the UK Government's territorial offices.
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Outside politics, Duncan maintains a keen interest in public speaking. He is the honorary president of
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In 2014, Duncan was appointed to the board of advisers of the Schwarzenegger Institute at the
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility
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Duncan called out the UK government for failing to stand up for trans people at the
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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US Debating Scholar (1995). He retains links to academia, acting as an advisor to
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From 2004 to 2005 he acted as the head of policy & communication for the
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As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Duncan was selected by the Scottish Conservatives as their candidate for
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since his election to the role in 2022. He is also a patron of
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Following a reshuffle Duncan was appointed a minister in the
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During the late 1990s Duncan served as a policy analyst for
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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Office vacant between 13 February 2020 and 5 November 2021.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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announced in June 2017 that Duncan would be granted a
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Duncan resigned as an MEP in 2017. He was replaced by
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As a candidate for the Scottish Conservatives at the
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as well as an in-out referendum within three years.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
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Index

Ian Duncan (politician)
The Right Honourable

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change
Boris Johnson
The Lord Henley
The Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Theresa May
The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The Lord Caine
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
Theresa May
The Lord Dunlop
Robin Walker
Colin Clark
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life Peerage
Member of the European Parliament
Scotland
Struan Stevenson
The Baroness Mobarik
Conservative
Alma mater
University of St Andrews
University of Bristol
Policy developer

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