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'''Barry John Sheerman''' (born 17 August 1940) is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] [[politician]] who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield]] since the [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979 general election]].▼
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▲'''Barry John Sheerman''' (born 17 August 1940)
==Parliamentary career==
Sheerman unsuccessfully contested
From 1983 to 1988 he was the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] spokesperson on education and employment; for [[Home Affairs]] (as Shadow Deputy [[Home Secretary]]) from 1988 to 1992; and for Disabled People's Rights from 1992 to 1994. He was Chair of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] Education and Skills [[Select Committee (Westminster System)|select committee]] from 2001 to 2010, renamed the [[Children, Schools and Families Committee]] in 2007. Under his chairmanship, the Committee was often critical of government policy. Sheerman warned the government not to "lose their nerve" over reforming secondary education exam system back in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|title=End A-level 'obsession', says MP|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4284407.stm|website=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> and in 2006 said it was "naive" to allocate local school places through parental choice, with lottery selection being the best way to avoid "bloody awful" schools existing as a side effect of parents pushing for their children to study elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parental school choice 'naive'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5237548.stm|accessdate=7 April 2015|publisher=BBC|date=2 August 2006}}</ref> During Sheerman's chairmanship, the select committee produced reports on subjects such as home education, education outside the classroom, and young people not in education employment or training (NEETs).▼
He is Chair of the Labour Forum for Criminal Justice and of the Cross-Party Advisory Group on Preparation for European Monetary Union. Outside parliament, he is Chair of the National Educational Research and Development Trust, and a trustee of the [http://yorkshirechildrenscentre.org.uk/ National Children's Centre]. His political interests are listed as trade, industry, finance, [[further education]], education, economy, the [[European Union]], [[South America]] and the [[United States]]. His recreations include walking, biography and films. In 1993, Sheerman co-wrote, with Isaac Kramnick, a biography of the Labour intellectual [[Harold Laski]].▼
▲From 1983 to 1988 he was the
He is founder and chairman of [[Policy Connect]], a cross-party, not-for-profit based in London, where he regularly chairs seminar events and research inquiries. He is also chair and co-chair of a number of official All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including the [[All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group]], the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, and the Bullying All-Party Group. Since 2012, Sheerman has led the Schools to Work Commission, the Labour Party's policy review on the transition from education to employment.<ref>[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cei/centrelinkmagazine/november2012contents/theschoolstoworkcommission/ University of Warwick, 'The Schools to Work Commission']{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>▼
▲He is Chair of the Labour Forum for Criminal Justice and of the Cross-Party Advisory Group on Preparation for European Monetary Union. Outside parliament, he is Chair of the National Educational Research and Development Trust, and a trustee of the
▲He is founder and chairman of
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