On Wednesday 22 November 2006 the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Opposition, provided an analysis on "The Security Challenges Facing Britain Today". His analysis covered the security challenges Britain faces today and set out his vision of how politicians should respond to those challenges: avoiding partisan point-scoring and working together to help protect the public.
Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.
A transcript of his address is also availabe in the related documents section below.
Mr Cameron was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Witney constituency in West Oxfordshire in June 2001 and he was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee between 2001 and 2003.
After the General Election in 2005 David Cameron was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills. He has previously held the positions of Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (2003), Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003), front bench spokesman on Local Government Finance (2004) and Head of Policy Co-ordination in the run-up to the General Election in May 2005. In December 2005 David Cameron was elected Leader of the Conservative Party.
Born in October 1966, David Cameron has worked at a high level in both business and Government. He spent almost seven years at Carlton Communications plc, one the UK's leading media companies, where he was Director of Corporate Affairs and served on the Executive Board.
Before joining Carlton, he worked as Special Adviser, first to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and then to the Home Secretary, working closely with Ministers on major legislation, budgets and spending rounds.
