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[[Helen Grant]] has been the [[Conservative Party]]'s MP for Maidstone and the Weald since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Mrs-Helen-Grant/4018 Helen Grant], www.parliament.uk, accessed 7 October 2013.</ref> | [[Helen Grant]] has been the [[Conservative Party]]'s MP for Maidstone and the Weald since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Mrs-Helen-Grant/4018 Helen Grant], www.parliament.uk, accessed 7 October 2013.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 31 October 2014
Helen Grant has been the Conservative Party's MP for Maidstone and the Weald since 2010.[1]
She was appointed joint parliamentary under secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice and for Women's and Equality Issues in September 2012.[2] Grant took on the role of parliamentary under secretary of state (sport and equalities) at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport in October 2013.[3]
Background
Grant studied law at Hull University and practised as a family solicitor after qualifying in 1988. She set up Grants Solicitors in 1996.
Grant served on the Justice Select Committee until 2011 and was appointed to the Conservative social justice policy group in 2006.
In 2006 she worked for Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank the Centre for Social Justice. [4]
Notes
- ↑ Helen Grant, www.parliament.uk, accessed 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Junior Ministerial reshuffle rolling blog, ConservativeHome, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Helen Grant GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014
