in the County of Tyne and Wear. Following the 2017 general election, Callanan was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport. In the role he introduced the Space Industry Bill. In October the same year he was appointed Minister of State for Exiting the European Union. The following month he was obliged to apologise for incorrectly stating in the Lords that the Supreme Court had ruled Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union was irreversible. Callanan was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the newly created Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, on 7 February 2023, following a Cabinet reshuffle. Notes References External links Profile on European Parliament website |- 1961 births Alumni of Northumbria University Conservative Party (UK) MEPs Living people MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2009–2014 Conservative Party (UK) life peers Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Life peers created by Elizabeth II