role, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. Wright set up the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia in 2007. Wright has generally supported the proposals for the HS2 London to Birmingham rail link which will run through his constituency. He has opposed some of the detailed original plans for the route, although supporting route changes made in 2010. In 2016, Wright became the campaign manager for Stephen Crabb's leadership bid for the Conservative leadership election. Crabb withdrew from the contest after coming fourth in the first round and transferred his support to Theresa May. Wright campaigned for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union before the EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016. In November 2016, Wright was criticised by a number of other Conservative MPs for his role in the Government's loss of a High Court case which gave MPs and peers a veto over when Brexit begins. Although it was suggested that he should resign as Attorney General, Wright retained his position. In July 2018, after a series of resignations in May's cabinet after her decision of a "Soft Brexit" was reached at Chequers, Wright was appointed to Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, after Matt Hancock was moved to become Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. With Sajid Javid in late 2018, Wright warned social media firms that "the era of self-regulation is coming to an end" with regard to extremist content and announced a forthcoming 'online harms white paper', published in April 2019, which is expected to introduce legal regulation of online publishers and social media, including new censorship rules. In late May 2022, Jeremy Wright became the 27th Conservative MP to publicly call for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, in a 2,000 word letter on his website. Stansted 15 Case In 2019 - in his role at Attorney General he decided to prosecute the Stansted 15 under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 – terror legislation that was first introduced in the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing for their role in stopping one of the UK Government's Foreign Deportation flights. In their appeal, lawyers for the defence argued the legislation used to convict the group was not only rarely used but also was not intended for the kinds of peaceful actions undertaken by their clients. They said the prosecution stretched the meaning of the law by characterising