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The Lord Kamall
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Kamall in 2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth
In office
20 September 2022 28 October 2022
European Parliament
Preceded by Member of the European Parliament
for London

2005–2019
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament
2013–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists
2014–2019
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Kamall
Succeeded by