Maria Miller
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 60 |
Date of birth | March 26,1964 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Wolverhampton |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Iain Miller |
Party | Conservative Party |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Books | Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 |
Previous position | Minister for Women and Equalities of the United Kingdom (2012–2014) |
Parents | June Lewis |
John Lewis | |
Education | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 865883 |
Maria Miller Life story
Dame Maria Frances Miller DBE is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron.
Ex-minister Maria Miller calls for abortion sentencing guidelines
... Dame Maria Miller called for " compassion not punishment"...
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... Labour MP Nia Griffith and Conservative MP Maria Miller are also made dames in the list, while Labour MP Stephen Timms is knighted...
Backlash as workers' rights left out of Queen's Speech
... She called on ministers to adopt the bill put forward by former cabinet minister Maria Miller, who has " We d also urge strengthening legal protections for insecure workers - who are predominantly women, and who are currently bearing the brunt of the poverty crisis, " Ms Bragg added...
Mexico ambush: Boy, 13, walked 23km for help after gun attack
... Who are the other victims? Five of the victims - 30-year-old Rhonita Maria Miller and her eight-month-old twins Titus and Tiana, 12-year-old Howard Jr and 10-year-old Krystal - died after their car was targeted by gunmen...
Tory leadership: What is Jeremy Hunt's track record is?
... Boris Johnson: The other leadership contendershealth Secretary Jeremy hunt was the Minister of health in September 2012, with Maria Miller on his old role...
Sir Philip Green injunction against Daily Telegraph dropped
... The chairwoman of the Parliamentary Women and Equality Select Committee, Maria Miller, said the Philip Green case shows how broken the current system is ...
Ex-minister Maria Miller calls for abortion sentencing guidelines
By Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter
A former Conservative minister has called for new sentencing guidelines to prevent women being jailed for taking abortion pills after the legal Time Limit .
It Comes after last month under a 162-year-old law.
Dame Maria Miller called for " compassion not punishment".
Downing Street has previously said there are no plans to change abortion laws or sentencing guidelines.
The case of 45-year-old Carla Foster sparked outrage from some MPs when she was sent to jail for two years, having been found guilty of inducing an abortion after the legal limit during lockdown under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act.
Her sentence has now been and she will also be released from prison.
Dame Maria, a former equalities minister, presented her bill to Parliament using a 10-minute rule motion, which allows backbench MPs 10 Minutes to outline their proposals.
She told MPs that judges are reliant on Victorian legislation without modern sentencing guidance.
Providing " compassionate" guidance would mean Ms Foster's " heart-breaking situation could have been avoided altogether" She Said , and she " would not have had to endure weeks of prison away from her children".
The MP for Basingstoke said The Reason The Law was originally introduced was to try and prevent women dying during backstreet abortions.
" We now live in a time where abortion is far less dangerous than giving birth So There 's been a complete change, " She Said .
" The Fair and equal treatment of women matters and abortion is the only Medical Procedure in the UK subject to The Criminal law.
" Women who find themselves having an abortion outside of The Law for whatever reason deserve our compassion, not punishment. "
Dame Maria said she wanted to see far more wide-reaching reform, " taking women seeking abortion away from the sanctions of criminal law" but that this bill would be " a small step in The Right direction".
She added the government would not bring forward its own legislation as the issue of abortion is a matter of conscience and should " come from the backbenches" to avoid Party Politics .
However, Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy , said the 1861 Act should be scrapped altogether.
She told MPs The Bill " could actually end up make things worse" by normalising the criminalisation of women over abortion.
Ms Creasy said no " sensible, modern law" could be based on the 1861 Act, which She Said also criminalises " obstructing a clergyman" and highlighted concerns around women being investigated for " a healthcare decision".
There had been 67 prosecutions in the UK under the 1861 Act in The Last 10 Years , Ms Creasy said, and Home Office data showed 40 women were investigated in 2021.
Ms Creasy did not take the issue to a vote, meaning The Bill passed its first stage with cross-party support, including from The Commons ' longest serving male and female MPs - known as the Mother and Father of The House - Labour's Harriet Harman and Tory Sir Peter Bottomley .
However, The Bill is unlikely to make further progress in its current form without government support.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com