Peter Viggers
Peter John Viggers (born
March 13,
1938) is a lawyer and
Conservative Party politician in the
United Kingdom. He is
member of Parliament for
Gosport, his home town, and was first elected in
1974. He served as a junior minister under
Margaret Thatcher, and was responsible for the selling off of various state assets. He left government in
1989, and has remained on the back-benches since.
In 2002 he made headlines by suggesting the European Union adopt a 'single european language' to cut down in translation costs.
He is a vice-patron of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He is also an honorary treasury of the America APPG.
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