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The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP

Minister of State

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The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP

Responsibilities

  • Criminal Justice
  • Her Majesty's Courts Service
  • Implementation of Constitutional Reform Act, concordat, Supreme Court, Judicial Appointments Commission
  • Judicial Diversity
  • Family Justice
  • Coroners' Reform
  • Crown dependencies

Biography

Harriet Harman was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs on 9 May 2005. She qualified as a lawyer, worked at Brent Law Centre in London, then became legal officer at the National Council for Civil Liberties and was elected MP for Camberwell and Peckham following a by-election in 1982. In 1984 she was appointed to the Labour Front-bench as Spokesperson for Social Services, becoming Spokesperson for Health in 1987 and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Labour's Shadow Cabinet in 1992.

She was appointed as Secretary of State for Social Security in 1997 and was appointed Solicitor General in June 2001.

Education

Studied politics at York University, then qualified as a lawyer.

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