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Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton

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49: 325:. Truss had faced criticism for allegedly not disclosing to the selection committee a past affair with a married MP. Morris was quoted supporting her, saying "Liz is a first class candidate", and saying of the affair that "In this day and age that shouldn't matter". 287:, Trish Morris was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for candidates. She was responsible for several changes in the selection procedure designed to increase the quality and diversity of Parliamentary candidates. 470: 631: 478: 361: 636: 307: 310:. Morris relinquished her role as Shadow Minister for Children, Schools & Families at the end of 2008, but remained Shadow Minister for Women and an Opposition Whip. 626: 641: 322: 621: 60: 229: 34: 448: 303: 318: 48: 249: 510: 357: 514: 392: 135: 492: 616: 345: 380: 553: 427: 360:
for Breast Cancer and Children. She is co-chair of Women in Public Policy and on the executive committee of the
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in 2004, and has previously been Vice-Chairman of the Conservatives with responsibility for candidates. She was
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and was a member of the Conservative Party's Social Work Commission. She joined the Board of Trustees of
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in the House of Lords she revealed that she broke her back in a riding accident when she was a teenager.
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which she attended as a child; a patron of the Oxford Parent Infant Project and vice-chairman of the
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as a Whip in September of that year. In June 2005 she was appointed Shadow Minister for
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and a trustee of The Disability Partnership and The Transformation Trust. She is a
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after he had resigned the post in June 2011 upon becoming Chairman of the
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In November 2009 she featured in the controversy over the selection of
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She was nominated for a peerage by the then Conservative leader,
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Morris was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Abbot of
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and in October 2006 became principal opposition spokesman for
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On 27 November 2009 Morris was appointed as the first
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Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
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from 1998 to 2004, served as deputy chairman of the
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Archived from 329:Personal life and voluntary work 346:National Benevolent Institution 1: 358:All Party Parliamentary Group 30:The Baroness Morris of Bolton 515:Medical Aid for Palestinians 393:Medical Aid for Palestinians 136:Member of the House of Lords 658: 387:UK in 2007. She succeeded 381:Bolton Lads and Girls Club 585: 576: 570: 565: 296:Baroness Morris of Bolton 218: 183: 160: 149: 96: 77: 66: 55: 46: 493:"Greatest animal lovers" 344:She is President of the 497:Manchester Evening News 379:, and as a director of 308:Education & Skills 283:Prior to entering the 537:University of Bolton 521:on 25 December 2013. 481:on 14 November 2009. 408:University of Bolton 377:NHS foundation trust 273:University of Bolton 114:position established 26:The Right Honourable 539:. 26 November 2009. 617:People from Bolton 499:. 14 October 2004. 432:Conservative Party 323:South West Norfolk 263:Morris was made a 258:Conservative Party 595: 594: 586:Succeeded by 566:Academic offices 292:Iain Duncan Smith 222: 221: 649: 583:2010–2014 571:Preceded by 563: 541: 540: 529: 523: 522: 507: 501: 500: 489: 483: 482: 467: 461: 460: 459:on 23 July 2011. 455:. 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Index

The Right Honourable
OBE
DL

Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Chancellor of the University of Bolton
Sir Ernest Ryder
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life Peerage
Conservative
OBE
DL
peer
Shadow Minister
Women
Opposition Whip
Conservative Party
life peer
Chancellor
University of Bolton
House of Lords
Iain Duncan Smith
front bench
Children, Young People, Families and Women
Education & Skills
Liz Truss
prospective parliamentary candidate

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