Editing David Willetts (section)

==First period in government==
[[File:David Willetts Constituency Offices - geograph.org.uk - 635891.jpg|thumb|right|Willetts' constituency office]]
Aged 36, Willetts entered [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in 1992 as the [[Havant (UK Parliament constituency)|MP for Havant]]. He quickly established himself in Parliament, becoming a [[Whip (politics)|Whip]], a [[Cabinet Office]] Minister, and then [[Paymaster General]] in his first term (when that role was split between the [[Cabinet Office]] and [[HM Treasury]] as a policy co-ordination role). During this period Willetts gained "Two Brains" as a nickname, a [[monicker]] reportedly coined by ''[[The Guardian]]'s'' former political editor [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]].<ref name="guardian2007">{{cite news|url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michael_white/2007/05/a_levelheaded_tory_mp_of.html |title=It's over |newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 May 2007 |access-date=19 August 2010 |author=Michael White}}</ref> However, Willetts was forced to resign from the latter post by the Standards and Privileges Committee over an investigation into [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] in 1996, when it found that he had "dissembled" in his evidence to the Committee over whether pressure was put onto an earlier investigation into Hamilton.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pride-that-came-before-the-minister-s-fall-1314100.html| title=Pride that came before the minister's fall | date= 12 December 1996}}</ref>