Anna Soubry

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Anna Soubry is the British Conservative Party MP for Broxtowe.

In September 2012, Soubry was appointed as parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health.[1] Just over a year later, she was appointed parliamentary under-secretary at the Ministry of Defence (MOD).[2] In the July 2014 reshuffle, she was promoted to minister of state at the MOD.[3]

Background

She studied law at Birmingham University and went on to train as a barrister. Soubry worked at Grampian TV in Aberdeen as a reporter and presenter on North Tonight and at Central TV as a reporter on Central News East. She also worked as a criminal barrister in Nottingham and practised until becoming an MP. [4]

Soubry was parliamentary private secretary to health minister, Simon Burns from November 2010 to September 2012. [4]

Notes

  1. Junior Ministerial reshuffle rolling blog, ConservativeHome, 4 September 2012.
  2. Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.
  3. Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Anna Soubry GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014