Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon

Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, of Gore in the London Borough of Barnet MBE JP ( born June 13, 1933) is a British politician, the Conservative Party, which is a life Peeress member of the House of Lords since 1993.

Life

Career

Doreen Miller graduated after attending the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and in 1971 peace judge in Brent. She was by profession, first director of the Department of Family Health Services of the London Borough of Barnet and most recently between 1990 and 1994 its chairman. In addition, she served from 1985 to 1988 as National Chairman and Executive Director of the 300 Group and 1986-1992 as chairman of the campaign Women into Public Life, and from 1987 to 1990 as a consultant on human rights in the international women's organization, Soroptimist International ( SI).

Besides her work for the family health administration of Barnet Doreen Miller was a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1989, from 1990 to 1994 at the same time as Crown Agent senior legal adviser to the Lord Advocate of Scotland in prosecution matters. Furthermore, it began in the early 1990s, their political activity for the Conservative Party and was between 1990 and 1993 Treasurer of the Association of Conservative Party of Greater London and also belonged from 1992 to 1993 Member of the Commission for monopolies and mergers, the predecessor of the later Competition Commission.

House of Lords member

By Letters Patent of 14 October 1993 was raised in the London Borough of Barnet to the peerage Doreen Miller Life Peeress with the title Baroness Miller of Hendon, of Gore. Shortly afterwards, was their introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house it belongs to the Group of the Conservative Party.

At the beginning of their membership in the House of Lords acted Baroness Miller, who between 1993 and 1996 and then president until 1998, President of the Conservative Party of Greater London was, until 1997 known as Baroness in Waiting in the household of Queen Elizabeth II and at the same time between 1994 and 1997 parliamentary secretary ( Whip ) the government faction. At the same time it was from 1995 to 1997 spokesperson for the Government Group for health and at the same time between 1996 and 1997 both spokesperson for Education and Employment, Trade and Industry as well as for the environment, and in 1996 also briefly spokeswoman for the fraction of the ruling Tories for the public service.

After the defeat of the Conservative Party in the general election on 1 May 1997 and the end of the term of office of Prime Minister John Major, Baroness Miller until 1999 Whip of the opposition Tory faction was. At the same time it was from 1997 to 2003 chairman of the National Association of Leagues of Hospital and Community Friends.

Moreover, it was Baroness Miller between 1997 and 2006 in the shadow cabinet of the Conservative Party "shadow minister " for Trade and Industry and at the same time from 1997 to 2000 Opposition Spokesperson for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and then until 2003 the opposition spokeswoman for employment. They also took over from 2001 to 2003 the function of the opposition spokesperson for education and skills.