Robin Walker took which position from Dec 2019 to Dec 2020?
Robin Walker Robin Caspar Walker ( born 12 April 1978 ) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Northern Ireland since 2020 . A member of the Conservative Party , he was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State serving jointly between the Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2020 . Walker has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Worcester since 2010 . He identifies as a one-nation Conservative . Education . Robin Caspar Walker was educated at St Pauls School , an independent school for boys in Barnes in West London , followed by a scholarship at Balliol College , Oxford , where he read Ancient and Modern History . His father was Lord Walker of Worcester , who was the MP for Worcester from 1961 to 1992 . Career . After leaving University , Walker set up his own internet business , before pursuing a career in the City of London with the financial communications company Finsbury . Walker has campaigned in three elections , working for Secretary of State for Health Stephen Dorrell in 1997 , for Richard Adams , the Conservative Candidate for Worcester in 2001 , and as press officer for Oliver Letwin , then Shadow Chancellor , in 2005 . In the 2010 General Election , he defeated incumbent MP Mike Foster to win the Worcester seat , eighteen years after his father retired as a member of parliament for the same constituency ( with revised boundaries ) and joined the House of Lords . Parliamentary career . Walker was selected to contest the Worcester constituency in August 2006 , in which he was elected in 2010 , and then was re elected in the 2015 General Election , defeating Labour challenger Joy Squires . Since being elected Member of Parliament for Worcester , Walker has campaigned for jobs for local people in Worcester , more and better apprenticeships , fairer funding in education , cutting fuel duty as well as a referendum on the European Union . Walker was elected to the Business Innovation and Skills Committee in 2012 , focusing on apprenticeships , SME ( small and medium-sized enterprises ) policy and business rates reform to improve opportunities for young people and businesses . He was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Elizabeth Truss , the Secretary of State for Environment , Food and Rural Affairs , in September 2014 . Walker was one of a small group of Conservative MPs who rebelled from the party line and voted in favour of an in/out referendum on Britains membership of the European Union . He ultimately supported the governments plan to hold a referendum by 2017 , and voted against a rebel amendment to hold the referendum in 2014 . Walker has campaigned for fairer funding in education as a member of the cross party F40 campaign , which in 2014 secured an extra £350 million for lower funded areas – £5 million of which is earmarked for Worcestershire . Walker was made the Chairman of the All Party Group for Credit Unions in October 2014 . Walker has supported a number of cross party initiatives on making credit unions available in post offices as well as helping them to compete with larger lenders . He had also received the Citizens Advice Parliamentarian of the Year Award earlier in the year , in recognition for his campaign for better regulation of pay day lenders . In July 2014 , Walker called on Prime Minister David Cameron to use every tool in the box to de-escalate the violence in Gaza , and bring both sides to the table . Later that year , Walker campaigned for a two-hour train service from Worcester to London , citing benefits to local constituents and businesses . He spoke on this topic during a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons calling for a faster and more frequent train service . In May 2015 , Walker was made PPS to Secretary of State for Education , Nicky Morgan and also sat on the House of Commons Select Committee for Administration . Walker was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 Referendum . In July 2016 , he was appointed as Minister at the Department for Exiting the European Union , in the government led by Theresa May . He campaigned for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum . In October 2016 , Walker formally debated a petition calling for the observance of a British Independence Day in the United Kingdom . Arguing against , he said that tempting though that might be , I think the idea of an independence day would face fierce competition from the likes of St Georges Day , Trafalgar Day and many more . Personal life . Walker is a long-term supporter of both Worcester RFC The Worcester Warriors and the Worcestershire County Cricket Club . He wore the Worcestershire CCC tie whilst delivering his maiden parliamentary speech in the House of Commons . On 9 April 2011 , Walker married Charlotte Keenan , former Chief Executive of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation . Their daughter , Hermione , was born in 2018 . External links . - Official website - Worcester Conservatives