Ann Taylor

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Ann Taylor was a Labour MP from 1974 to 2005, when she entered the House of Lords as Baroness Taylor of Bolton.[1]

Taylor was Minister for Defence Equipment for a year until 2008 and became Minister for International Defence and Security until the May 2010 election.[2]

In December 2010 she joined the arms contractor Thales, which was part of the consortium supplying two aircraft carriers that were £1.541bn over budget.[3]

Notes

  1. Baroness Taylor of Bolton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 December 2010.
  2. Rajeev Syal and Solomon Hughes, Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend,guardian.co.uk, 17 December 2010.
  3. Rajeev Syal and Solomon Hughes, Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend,guardian.co.uk, 17 December 2010.