Meg Hillier
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 56 |
| Date of birth | February 14,1969 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Hampstead |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Joe Simpson |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Books | HC 642 - The Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | Portsmouth High School GDST |
| St Hilda's College | |
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| ID | 399597 |
Meg Hillier Life story
Margaret Olivia Hillier is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 general election, and was a junior . . .
Biography
Meg hillier is a member of parlimaent of the united kingdom.She was born on the 5th of april 1965 in london.England.She is 55 years old.She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs aruond 140 pound.Sshe has brown eyes and a slim body type.Her zodiac sign is aries.Family
Meg hillier is married.John hillier.They have two children together.She also has two siblings.A brother and a sister.Her parents are jonh and mary hillier.Education and Career
Meg hillier attended the university of east angila.Where she earned a degree in politics and international relations.She then went on to pursue a career in politics.And was elected as a member of parliament in has since bene re-elected several times and is currently serving her sixth term in office.Most Important Event
In 2017.Meg hillier was appointed as the chair of the public accounts committee.Making her the first female to hold the position.This was a major milestone for her and for women in politics in the uinted kingdom.Life Story
Meg hillier has been a member of parliament for the past 15 years.She has been a strong advocate for women s rights and has worked to ensure that womne are represented in politics.She has also been a vocal supporter of the labour party and has been a key figure in the party s success in recnet years.She is a passionate and dedicated politician who is committed to making a difference in the lives of her constiutents.Raac in schools: MPs demand answers over dangerous concrete
... Its report set out 10 recommendations for the DfE, calling on it to: Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the committee, said many schools were " still not sure where they stand or whether they ll get the money to sort out the problems that they ve got"...
Raac discovered in Houses of Parliament but poses 'no immediate risk'
... They repeatedly resisted questions about how many schools were waiting for a survey, as Dame Meg Hillier, the public accounts committee chair, asked whether the number was in the " tens" or " hundreds"...
Hundreds of schools in England checked for Raac, say education chiefs
... Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the PAC, said it was " disappointing" they could not provide MPs with more specific figures...
Crumbling concrete fears at host of new hospitals
... Meg Hillier, who chairs the committee, said dealing with RAAC was requiring " eye-watering" measures costing millions of pounds...
Concrete crisis: Headteachers in weekend dash to make schools safe to open
... Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the Common s Public Accounts Committee, she had visited a hospital where heavy patients had to be treated on the ground floor because of the risk of roof failure...
Black hole in Town Hall budgets rises to £5bn
... Its chair Meg Hillier said the BBC study showed councils were at a " tipping point" where " only so many more savings" could be made...
Child Trust Funds: Nearly a million accounts not accessed
... The chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Dame Meg Hillier, said that while these accounts were a vital " financial jump start" to adulthood, the scheme so far had not achieved that ambition...
HS2: Government unclear on Euston station goal, report finds
... Other conclusions and recommendations from the PAC report included: Dame Meg Hillier MP, chair of the committee, said the Euston project was " floundering"...
Three million drivers' licence delays since 2020, report finds
By Jemma Dempsey & Lucy HookerBBC News
Three million people who applied for a Driving Licence during the worst of the pandemic experienced major delays, a report has found.
Some applicants lost jobs or income, and suffered social isolation and Mental Health problems, parliament's Public Accounts Committee said.
The delays affected people who applied by post or had medical conditions.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said it had prioritised its online services during the pandemic.
That was because most applications were made online, it told The Committee .
It had also focused on services where it believed processing delays would cause greater problems, it told MPs.
Complaints to the DVLA rose sharply in the two years after April 2020, The Public Accounts Committee report said.
Around 17 million applications submitted online, that did not involve notifiable medical conditions, were processed within Three Days , The Report said.
But three million applications on paper, or which required a decision from the DVLA over fitness to drive, had long delays.
The Committee heard from applicants who became isolated and depressed, and people who had lost income as a result, sometimes lasting months.
The Committee said it was aware of a Bus Driver who was threatened with losing his job, and a shift worker in a rural community who could not work.
Others had difficulty arranging motor insurance, driving abroad or hiring vehicles, it said.
The Committee said despite changes to The Law allowing licence renewals to be postponed, and the DVLA taking on additional staff, the problems at the DVLA had persisted for two years.
Customers' poor experiences were exacerbated by " huge difficulty" contacting the DVLA during the pandemic, it said.
It found between April 2020 and March 2022 around 60 million calls went unanswered, 94% of the total the DVLA received.
The Committee was also critical of The Department for Transport (DfT) saying it had taken a " hands-off" approach to problems at the DVLA, and failed to ensure the organisation was adopting modern working practices. Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier MP described the DVLA's operations as " antiquated".
" The pandemic inevitably made operations more difficult, but the DVLA and DfT were not prepared for The Challenge of keeping essential Driving Licence services running and especially not for those who needed it most, " She Said . In a raft of recommendations The Committee said the DVLA needed better systems to identify and fast-track Driving Licence applications where the customer would be badly affected by a delay.
The DVLA said it had recently modernised its telephony systems, so it should be able to cope better with any future surges in demand.
" We Are back to normal processing times across our services, " it said. " All standard paper applications were back to normal turnaround times by May 2022. "
It added that " online services worked well throughout the pandemic and for the vast majority of our customers, their dealings with DVLA would have been trouble free".
During the pandemic the DVLA issued More Than 24 million driving licences, " the vast majority of which were issued within 3 working days" it added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
