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FORMER
WOMEN PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES (up to 2003)
The first three tables list all women government Parliamentary
Private Secretaries from the first such appointment in 1924 until the
2001 general election. Table 1 lists all the women PPSs until 1979, Table
2 lists the women PPSs during the Thatcher and Major governments,
and Table 3 lists women PPSs from the Labour government
1997-2003 who have resigned or been shuffled.
PPSs are appointed by each minister to assist him or her in their parliamentary
duties but receive no extra salary. Some PPSs are assigned to a group
of ministers in a department rather than an individual, and the Opposition
Leader or Deputy Leader (if one exists) also have PPSs. Barbara Roche
was PPS to Margaret Beckett as deputy opposition leader from 1992 until
1994. A printable version
of these tables is available.
Table
1: All Governments, 1924 to 1979
|
PPS
|
Minister to whom assigned
|
Party
|
Dates
|
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Susan
Lawrence
|
President of
Board of Education
|
Labour
|
1924
|
|
Ellen
Wilkinson
|
Parliamentary
Secretary to the Ministry of Health
|
Labour
|
1929-31
|
|
Mary
Agnes Hamilton
|
Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster
Postmaster
General
|
Labour
|
1930-31
1931
|
|
Thelma
Cazalet-Keir
|
Parliamentary
Secretary to the Board of Education
|
Conservative
|
1937-40
|
|
Jennie
Adamson
|
Minister of
Pensions
|
Labour
|
1945-46
|
|
Barbara
Castle
|
President of
the Board of Trade
|
Labour
|
1945-51
|
|
Dorothy
Rees
|
Minister of
National Insurance
|
Labour
|
1950-51
|
|
Mervyn
Pike
|
Joint Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
|
Conservative
|
1958-59
|
|
Joan
Quennell
|
Minister of
Transport
|
Conservative
|
1962-64
|
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Shirley
Williams
|
Minister of
Health
|
Labour
|
1964-66
|
|
Joyce
Butler
|
Minister of
Land & Natural Resources
|
Labour
|
1965-66
|
|
Joan
Hall
|
Minister of
State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
|
Conservative
|
1972-74
|
|
Margaret
Jackson
|
Minister of
Overseas Development
|
Labour
|
1974-75
|
|
Ann
Taylor
|
Secretary of
State for Education & Science
Secretary
of State for Defence
|
Labour
|
1975-76
1976-77
|
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Millie
Miller
|
Minister of
State, Department of Prices & Consumer Protection
|
Labour
|
1976-77
|
|
Oonagh
McDonald
|
Chief Secretary
to HM Treasury
|
Labour
|
1977-79
|
Table
2: Conservative Government, 1979 to 1997
|
PPS
|
Minister to whom assigned
|
Dates
|
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Angela
Rumbold
|
Financial Secretary
to HM Treasury
|
1983-85
|
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Virginia Bottomley
|
Minister of
State, Department of Education & Science
Minister
for Overseas Development
Secretary
of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
|
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
|
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Edwina
Currie
|
Secretary of
State for Education & Science
|
1985-86
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Marion Roe
|
Parliamentary
Under-Secretary, Department of Transport
Minister
of State, Department of Transport
Secretary
of State for Transport
|
1985-86
1986
1986-87
|
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Gillian Shepherd
|
Economic Secretary
to HM Treasury
|
1988-89
|
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Ann Widdecombe
|
Minister of
State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
|
1990
|
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Elizabeth
Peacock
|
Minister of
State, Home Office
Minister
of State, Department of Social Security
(Minister
for Social Security & Disabled People)
|
1991-92
1992
|
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Maureen
Hicks
|
Minister of
State and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign &
Commonwealth Office
|
1991-92
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Emma
Nicholson
|
Minister of
State, Home Office
Minister
of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Minister
of State, HM Treasury
|
1992-93
1993-95
1995
|
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Angela Browning
|
Minister of
State, Department of Employment
|
1993-94
|
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Angela
Knight
|
Minister of
State, Department of Trade & Industry
Chancellor
of the Exchequer
|
1993-94
1994-95
|
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Cheryl Gillan
|
Leader of the
House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
|
1994-95
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Jacqui Lait
|
Parliamentary
Under-Secretaries of State, Department of Social Security
Secretary
of State for Wales
|
1994-95
1995-96
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Table
3: Labour Government, 1997 to 2003
|
PPS
|
Minister to whom assigned
|
Dates
|
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Hazel
Blears
|
Minister
of State, Department of Health
Chief Secretary to HM Treasury
|
1997-98
1998-99
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Ann
Coffey
|
Prime
Minister
Secretary of State for Social Security
|
1997-98
1998-2002
|
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Jean
Corston
|
Secretary
of State for Education & Employment
|
1997-2001
|
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Kate
Hoey
|
Minister
of State, Department of Social Security
|
1997-98
|
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Helen
Jackson
|
Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland
|
1997-2001
|
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Anne
McGuire
|
Secretary
of State for Scotland
|
1997-98
|
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Margaret
Moran
|
Minister
of State, Department of Environment, Transport & the Regions
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Baroness Morgan of Huyton, Cabinet Office
|
1997-98
1998-2001
2001-2003
|
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Rachel
Squire
|
Chief
Secretary to HM Treasury
Minister of State, Department of Education & Employment
|
1997-98
1998-2001
|
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Fiona
Mactaggart
|
Secretary
of State for Culture, Media & Sport
|
1997-2001
|
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Bridget
Prentice
|
Minister
of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Lord Chancellor
|
1998-99
1999-2001
|
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Rosemary
McKenna
|
Ministers
of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Team PPS)
|
1998-2001
|
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Maria
Eagle
|
Minister
of State, Department of Health
|
1999-2001
|
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Sylvia
Heal
|
Secretary
of State for Defence
|
1999-2000
|
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Sally
Keeble
|
Minister
of State, Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions
|
1999-2001
|
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Ann
Keen
|
Secretary
of State for Health
|
1999
|
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Sandra
Osborne
|
Minister
of State, Scotland Office
|
1999-2003
|
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Joan
Ryan
|
Andrew
Smith, Chief Secretary to HM Treasury
|
1999-2003
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Anne Campbell
|
Minister
of State, Secretary of State for Trade & Industry
|
1999-2003
|
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Angela
Smith
|
Minister
of State, Home Office
Secretary of State and Minister of State, Home Office
|
1999-2001
2000-01
|
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Elizabeth
Blackman
|
Secretary
of State for Defence
|
2000-2005
|
| Gillian
Merron |
John
Reid, Northern Ireland Office |
2001-2003
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| Laura
Moffat |
Lord
Irvine of Lairg, Lord Chancellor |
2001-2003
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| Caroline
Flint |
Peter
Hain, Foreign & Commonwalth Office |
2001-2003
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| Linda
Gilroy |
Nick
Raynsford, Tarnsport, Local Government & the Regions |
2001-2003
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| Charlotte
Atkins |
Baroness
Symons of Vernham Dean, Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
2001-2003
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| Shona
McIsaac |
Jane
Kennedy, Northern Ireland Office |
2001-2003
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Lorna Fitzsimons
|
Minister of
State, Department of Defence
Leader of the House of Commons
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