Topic: Jacqui Smith
Quotes
All former Gurkhas who retired before 1997 and who have served more than four years will now be eligible to apply for settlement in the U.K.
Gurkha veterans allowed to stay in Britain May 21, 2009
As tragically shown by the recent death of Hester Stewart, controls are necessary to prevent the misuse of this precursor chemical and we will work to determine the best controls of this substance
Legal, and lethal, party drug to be banned May 19, 2009
There is the potential, given the international situation, what we believe to be the aspirations of some international terrorists, that it could (happen)
Report cites Britain 'dirty bomb' threat Mar 25, 2009
I don't think tackling terrorism is something we can solely depend on the police and our security and intelligence agencies to do -- brilliant though they are
Britain taps anti-terror 'workers' army' Mar 24, 2009
Migration is important for this country but at a time when we have more people actually looking for work within (Britain), it is also economically right that we are more selective about those who come into the country
Britain to restrict worker immigration Feb 22, 2009
Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a member of the British Labour Party. She served as the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010 and was the first ever female Home Secretary, thus making her the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State — after Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) and Margaret Beckett (Foreign Secretary).
She was one of the MPs investigated by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over a variety of inappropriate expense claims Smith, whose case arguably became one of the most high-profile of the MPs expenses claims, was found to have "clearly" broken the rules on second home expenses and ordered to apologise. On 5 June 2009, she stood down as Home Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle, and lost her seat as Member of Parliament for Redditch in the 2010 General Election.
Born in Malvern, Worcestershire, Smith attended Dyson Perrins High School in Malvern. Her parents were teachers, and both Labour councillors; although her mother briefly joined the SDP. Her local MP, Conservative backbencher Sir Michael Spicer, recalled in Parliament in 2003 how he had first met her when he was addressing the sixth form at The Chase School, where Smith's mother was a teacher. "So great was my eloquence that she immediately rushed off and joined the Labour Party." Smith read PPE at Hertford College, Oxford and gained a PGCE from Worcester College of Higher Education.
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