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The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Minister for Women and Equality.
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Patricia Hewitt, MP for Leicester West, was formerly Minister for Small Business and e-Commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry (1999-2001) and Economic Secretary at the Treasury (1998-1999).
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Ms Hewitt has been a Member of Parliament since 1997. She was educated at the Canberra Girls' Grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge University.
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Press and Broadcasting Officer (1983-87) and Policy Co-ordinator (1987-89) to the then Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Neil Kinnock; Deputy Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (1989-94); Director of Research for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) (1994-97).
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Wrote 'About Time' - a book focusing on changes in work and family life - in 1993.
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Deputy Chair of the Commission for Social Justice (1992-94). Was a member of the Social Security Select Committee before taking up her Ministerial post.
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Born on 2 December 1948; married with a son and a daughter. In her spare time, Ms Hewitt enjoys reading, theatre, music and gardening. |
Speeches
Latest:
Aerospace IGT Implementation
Conference (15/12/03)
CBI Wales (05/12/03)
Work Foundation (05/11/03)
Hermes Stewardship and
Performance Seminar (03/11/03)
Better Buildings Summit
(21/10/03)
Meeting the Challenge of the
Energy White Paper (16/10/03)
Guardian Diversity Conference
(09/10/03)
Race for Opportunity
(08/10/03)
The Coming of Age (07/10/03)
Statement to the
House of Commons on the WTO Ministerial Conference at Cancun
(17/09/03)
Vision for Cancun
and the Doha Round of Trade negotiations (05/09/03)
Work Life Balance
Week - "Workplace of the Future" (04/09/03)
ERM-Green Alliance Environment
Forum (14/07/03)
Business In The
Community Conference (10/07/03)
Voice of Women of
Iraq Conference (09/07/03)
German British Chamber of Commerce
(07/07/03)
Making Cancun A Success For
Free And Fair Trade (07/07/03)
Fair Deal For Small Businesses
(02/07/03)
TUC Globalisation
and Gender Conference (27/06/03)
Progressive Globalisation: achieving global justice through trade
(23/06/03)
Serving The Citizen In The 21st Century
(16/06/03)
Abantu Conference (16/06/03)
Madrid 2003
(10/06/03)
"Working
Together for Free and Fair Trade": Consumers Association
(05/06/03)
Smarter Business: 21st Century
Business Leaders Forum (03/06/03)
Women In Business International
Forum (21/05/03)
UK Business
Council For Sustainable Energy Conference (20/05/03)
One Parent Families – Real Lives, Public Policies
(15/05/03)
Launch Of "Get Started" Campaign
(13/05/03)
Vauxhall 100th Birthday Gala Dinner
(12/05/03)
Asian Women Of Achievement Award
(08/05/03)
Launch of 'Vision in Print'
(07/05/03)
Small Business
Week Launch
(28/04/03)
Budget 2003
(14/04/03)
Serving Society,
Serving Customers
(10/04/03)
Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Progress Report
(02/04/03)
British Chambers
of Commerce
(31/03/03)
Simfonec Launch (31/03/03)
Brazilian
Chambers of Commerce Gala Dinner
(26/03/03)
TUC Women's
Conference
(12/03/03)
"Changing World
- Challenges to Government and Trade Associations" (11/03/03)
International
Women's Day Debate
(06/03/03)
"Creative Economy"
- Lord Mayor's Trade and Industry Dinner, Mansion House, London (26/02/03)
Energy White Paper (24/02/03)
William Channing Award
(05/02/03)
Advancing Women in the
Workplace (28/01/03)
Chemicals Industry Association
(23/01/03)
Women in IT Conference
(22/01/03)
Trade and Development:
Europe's role in spreading prosperity (21/01/03)
(the following are available from the archive)
Awards for Responsible
Capitalism (27/11/02)
E - Summit (19/11/02)
Daycare Trust Conference
(13/11/02)
Asian Trader Awards Event
(12/11/02)
T&G Manufacturing Conference
(11/11/02)
LGA Economic Regeneration
Conference (05/11/02)
Quoted Companies Alliance
Dinner (30/10/02)
The British Retail Consortium
Annual Dinner (29/10/02)
Leading Edge ICT Seminar
(22/10/02)
European Union - Challenges
and Opportunities (16/10/02)
The Government view on
Business and the Environment (10/10/02)
100 Group Speech (08/10/02)
Institute of Public Policy
& Research Manufacturing Project Speech (23/09/02)
The Royal Television Society
(10/09/02)
Science Strategy Document
Launch (23/07/02)
Full and Fulfilling Employment
(11/07/02)
Invest UK Annual Review
of Operations 2002 (10/07/02)
Company Law Speech (05/07/02)
Celebrating Excellence
in the Knowledge Economy (03/07/02)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Parliamentary Links Day (25/06/02)
Labour Market Speech to
MEPs (19/06/02)
UK Labour Market (29/05/02)
National Federation of
sub-Postmasters Conference (21/05/02)
Intellect Launch (16/05/02)
Council for Excellence
in Management and Leadership Report (13/05/02)
Research Councils UK Launch
(01/05/02)
British Chambers of Commerce
Annual Conference (22/04/02)
Russian Economic Forum
(18/04/02)
Housebuilder of the Year
Awards (28/03/02)
Statement to the House
of Commons (06/03/02)
Reforming Europe's Economy:
Obstacles and Practicalities (04/03/02)
Trade & Industry Dinner
(27/02/02)
Social Enterprise & Co-operatives:
21st Century Businesses (26/02/02)
Keele University (21/02/02)
Women in Rural Enterprise
Conference (07/02/02)
The Lisbon Agenda - Delivering
Jobs and Prosperity for all (06/02/02)
NCVO Annual Conference
(06/02/02)
TUC Flexibility for All
Conference (05/02/02)
QED Annual Review (24/01/02)
The Future for Manufacturing
Industry (23/01/02)
Women in Science - the
10th Anniversary of the Daphne Jackson Trust (21/01/02)
The Annual Dinner of The
British Israel Chamber of Commerce (16/01/02)
Free Trade For a Fair,
Prosperous World (24/07/01)
Business in the Community
Awards for Excellence (11/07/01)
Business And Society -
Roles and Responsibilities (09/07/01)
Statement at the Press
Launch of Enterprise for all (18/06/01)
Business Unlimited : Investing
in South Africa Conference (14/06/01)
AEEU Conference (13/06/01)
Regulating UK Communications
(22/03/01)
"The UK Online: The British
Government's approach to e-business" (19/01/01)
Creating Competitive Advantage
in the Knowledge Economy (21/11/00)
European Telework 2000
'New Ways of Working' Conference (13/09/00)
World Congress on Information
Technology: "Better Government: The Vision and the Challenges" (14/06/00)
Microsoft Government Leaders
Conference (07/04/00)
e-Commerce Strategy Presentation
by the Minister for e-Commerce, Harvard Information Infrastructure
Project (14/03/00)
Business Link National
Conference (19/10/99)
The CBI & Real Business
Magazine 9th Growing Business Awards (06/12/01)
Proshare Awards Speech
(04/12/01)
Building a high productivity,
low carbon economy (04/12/01)
Yorkshire Forward Business
Lunch (30/11/01)
"Made in Sheffield" Dinner
(29/11/01)
Free and Fair Trade for
Peace and Prosperity (06/11/01)
"Building a Stronger World
Community Through Trade" (25/10/01)
"Economic Reform in Europe
: more important than ever." (24/10/01)
TUC Congress (10/09/01)
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