Sir

Sir

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 Michael Anthony Latham (born 20 November 1942, Southport

Southport

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, Lancashire

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) was British

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 Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Melton

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 from February 1974

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 to 1983

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, and for Rutland and Melton from 1983 until he stood down in 1992

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In 1994, he wrote the influential joint government and industry report 'Constructing the Team' (known as the Latham Report

Latham Report

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). In it he advocated partnerships within the fragmented construction industry.

He is Chairman of the Construction Industry Training Board

Construction Industry Training Board

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, of ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council

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 for Construction, Deputy Chairman of Willmott Dixon Limited, Chairman of the Collaborative Working Centre Limited and was from 2000-2005 non-executive Deputy Chairman of BIW Technologies

BIW Technologies

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He chairs Partnership Sourcing, a company established in association with the CBI

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 and the DTI, is president of a trade federation and chairman of several committees of national organisations concerned with the construction industry.