Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal
and Minister for Women and Equality is The Rt. Hon.
Harriet Harman QC MP and is supported by
Barbara Follett MP who is Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State.
The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP
 The Rt
Hon Harriet Harman QC MP was appointed Leader of the House of
Commons, Lord Privy Seal, Minister for Women and Labour Party Chair
on 28 June 2007, and Cabinet Minister for Equality on 26 July 2007.
Leads on:
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Government’s Legislative Programme
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Managing the Business for the House
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Government’s Representative in the House (House of Commons
Commission)
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House of Commons Representative in Government
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Modernisation of the House of Commons
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MPs/MEPs Pay, Allowances and Pensions
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Chair of the Board of Trustees for Chevening Estate
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Minister for Women and Equality.
Harriet 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. Previously she
was appointed as Secretary of State for Social Security in 1997 and
Minister for Women in the same year; appointed Solicitor General in
June 2001; appointed Minister of State at the Department for
Constitutional Affairs on 9 May 2005; appointed as Minister of State at the new Ministry of Justice on 9
May 2007.
Studied politics at York University, then qualified as a lawyer.
Barbara Follett MP
Barbara Follett is Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State, and Minister for the East of England.
Leads on:
Barbara is MP for Stevenage and was first elected
in 1997.
Barbara was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to
Tessa Jowell as Minister for Women from 2005 to 2006 and as Secretary
of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2006 to 2007. She was
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ruth Kelly as Minister for Women
from 2006 to 2007.
Barbara was a member of the Commons Select Committee
for International Development from 1997 to 2001 and the Select
Committee for the Modernisation of the House of Commons from 2001 to
2005.
Barbara was born in Jamaica and lives in Knebworth
with her husband, author Ken Follett, and their two dogs.
Between them they have five children and two grandchildren.
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