Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards
In office 2 May 1997 – 28 July 1998
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Cheryl Gillan
Succeeded by
George Mudie
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2005 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley
In office 9 April 1992 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by
David Bevan
Succeeded by
John Hemming
Personal details
Born
Estelle Morris
(1952-06-17) 17 June 1952 (age 71) Manchester, England
Political party
Labour
Parent
Charles Morris (father)
Relatives
Alf Morris (uncle)
Alma mater
Coventry College of Education
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC (born 17 June 1952), is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.
As Education Secretary, she is famous for removing compulsory modern languages from secondary schools in England in 2002.[1]
^"Philip Hensher: If only Estelle Morris had learned French". The Independent. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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