The Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling

Biography

Dame Amanda Milling was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024.

She was previously Minister for Asia at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 16 September 2021 to 7 September 2022, and Minister for Asia and the Middle East from February 2022 to 7 September 2022.

Amanda read Economics and Statistics at University College London, graduating in 1997. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, Amanda worked in market research, specialising in the financial services sector.

Amanda was previously Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021. She also served as Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) from 28 July 2019 to 13 February 2020 and Assistant Government Whip from January 2018 to July 2019.

Amanda was the Conservative MP for Cannock Chase from 2015 to 2024. Amanda sat on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee before joining the Government.

Amanda was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, close to the Cannock Chase constituency she represented.

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• Fifth anniversary of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: UK statement
  • 25 August 2022
  • Press release
• The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP gives speech at British High Commission in New Zealand
  • 16 August 2022
  • Speech
• UK boosts diplomatic ties in Australia and the Pacific as Minister Amanda Milling begins visit to the region
  • 08 August 2022
  • Press release
• UK announces agreement to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia and scale-up security and development links
  • 04 August 2022
  • Press release
• ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership: plan of action 2022 to 2026
  • 04 August 2022
  • Policy paper
• UK steps up support to prevent major oil spill off the coast of Yemen
  • 18 July 2022
  • Press release
• Cross-border aid into Syria: Minister for Asia and the Middle East's statement, July 2022
  • 12 July 2022
  • Press release
• Middle East Minister visits Gulf to deepen economic ties
  • 07 July 2022
  • Press release
• Fourth UK-Thailand Strategic Dialogue, 2022
  • 01 July 2022
  • Policy paper
• UK Minister announces £95 million UK aid support for vulnerable Jordanians and refugees
  • 30 June 2022
  • Press release

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