Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland PC (born 20 March 1956) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.

She was made a Life peer as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire in 1999. One year later she was made a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education and Skills. In 2002 she was appointed minister for Sure Start in the same department. In September 2004, she was made a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Constitutional Affairs, with responsibilities including the National Archives and the Public Guardianship Office. Baroness Ashton was admitted to the Privy Council in 2006.

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• Biography from the Department for Constitutional Affairs
• Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 10 October 1999