Robin Millar was born in Bangor in 1968, where his father was chairman of the Conwy Conservative Association.[6] Millar went to Ysgol Friars School, then studied civil engineering at UMIST and later moved to Suffolk to support his wife’s work as an equine veterinary nurse.[7] While living there he worked as a civil engineer in Cambridge, Russia, the Netherlands and the USA. He later set up Millar Consulting helping to transform public services, local government and membership organisations.[8]
Political career
Millar started his political career in 2003 as a member of Forest Heath Council for the All Saints ward in Newmarket.[9] Millar was deputy leader of Forest Heath Council and Mayor of Newmarket in 2003.[10] When journalist Bill Curtis asked Millar why he got into politics, he told the interviewer that he has 'always been a problem solver'.
In May 2021 Millar wrote an essay entitled "A Common Sense Model for Poverty" for inclusion in Common Sense: Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal Age published by the Common Sense Group, an informal group of Conservative MPs.[14]
In October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales.[15] Millar resigned from the position on 29 June 2023 in order to vote against new regulations on sex education in Northern Ireland.[16][17] Robin Millar is currently the Chairman of the Outdoor Learning All Party Parliamentary Group. Millar backed the Outdoor Learning Policy Report, a policy report by UK Youth, in October 2023.
^Millar, Robin (May 2021). A Common Sense Model for Poverty in Hayes, John (ed.). Common Sense: Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal Age (pdf). Common Sense Group.
