Dawn Primarolo was appointed Paymaster General on 4th January 1999. She has strategic oversight of taxation as a whole, including overall responsibility for the Finance Bill, closer working between Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, and European and international tax issues.
Member of Parliament for Bristol South since 1987, she was educated at Thomas Bennett Comprehensive in Crawley, Bristol Polytechnic and Bristol University. She has a BA (Hons) Social Science Degree. Before entering Parliament, she was a member of Avon County Council from 1985 to 1987.
In Opposition, she was front bench spokesperson on health from 1992 to 1994, and Treasury and economic affairs between 1994 and 1997. She was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 4th May 1997.
Born in 1954, she is married with one son. Her interests include gardening and opera. She is Patron of The Royal Chelsea Hospital, The Terrence Higgins Trust, Knowle West Against Drugs and Life Skills Project.
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