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Nia Griffith

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Gender Female
Age 67
Web site niagriffith.org.uk
Date of birth December 4,1956
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Dublin
Ireland
Office Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Party Labour Party
BooksThe Evaluation of the Incredible Years Toddler Parent Programme: Project Protocol
100 Ideas for Teaching Languages
Job Politician
Official site parliament.uk
Position Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005
Leader Keir Starmer
Education Bangor University
Somerville College
Previous positionShadow Secretary of State for Wales (2020–2021)
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Nia Griffith Life story


Dame Nia Rhiannon Griffith DBE is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Llanelli since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has been a Shadow Minister for International Trade since 2021.

Stradey Park Hotel: Llanelli councillor's warning over asylum system

Stradey Park Hotel: Llanelli councillor's warning over asylum system
Jul 8,2023 6:40 am

... Llanelli MP Dame Nia Griffith called for more international work to find " solutions that will last"...

Emma Raducanu: Tennis star receives MBE at Windsor Castle

Emma Raducanu: Tennis star receives MBE at Windsor Castle
Nov 29,2022 11:01 am

... " The Labour MP Dame Nia Griffith, who was conferred with her damehood at the same ceremony, said of Raducanu: " I think it is fantastic seeing a young person [achieve] the success that she had and I think obviously now she faces that incredibly challenging situation of coping with that success and coping also with disappointment...

Queen's Jubilee birthday honours: Damian Lewis, Stella McCartney and Clare Balding on list

Queen's Jubilee birthday honours: Damian Lewis, Stella McCartney and Clare Balding on list
Jun 2,2022 12:40 am

... Labour MP Nia Griffith and Conservative MP Maria Miller are also made dames in the list, while Labour MP Stephen Timms is knighted...

General election 2019: No apology from Jeremy Corbyn over Labour anti-Semitism claims

General election 2019: No apology from Jeremy Corbyn over Labour anti-Semitism claims
Feb 16,2020 8:36 am

... Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis claimed a new poison - sanctioned from the very top - Following the interview, Labour s Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith, adding: We need to apologise to our colleagues in my own party who have been very upset and to the whole of the Jewish community...

Strength of British military falls for ninth year

Strength of British military falls for ninth year
Feb 16,2020 5:22 am

... Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith said the government was running down the armed forces year after year and the numbers were well below their own targets ...

Gavin Williamson: Armed Forces have to be prepared to use hard power

Gavin Williamson: Armed Forces have to be prepared to use hard power
Feb 16,2020 2:54 am

... But shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith said the UK s ability to play such a role had been completely undermined by eight years of Tory defence cuts ...

Emma Raducanu: Tennis star receives MBE at Windsor Castle

Feb 16,2020 2:54 am

Tennis star Emma Raducanu has said she is " extremely grateful" after meeting The King and receiving her MBE.

The 20-year-old was awarded the honour for services to tennis, at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle .

Raducanu, from Bromley in south-east London, won the US Open in September 2021 when she was 18 years old.

She became The First British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977 and The First qualifier of any nationality to do so.

The former pupil at Newstead Wood School in Orpington beamed as she posed for pictures after meeting The King .

In a statement issued by her agent, She Said : " It's been great to receive my honour today from His Majesty The King - I feel extremely grateful. "

The Labour MP Dame Nia Griffith , who was conferred with her damehood at the same ceremony, said of Raducanu: " I think it is fantastic seeing a young person [achieve] the success that she had and I think obviously now she faces that incredibly challenging situation of coping with that success and coping also with disappointment.

" And I certainly think it is wonderful to see Young People being praised and being rewarded and let's make sure we give every young person the opportunities so that they can develop their talents to the full. "

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