Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Michael Ellis
Minister of State for Work and Welfare
In office 7 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
Julie Marson
Succeeded by
Guy Opperman
Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food[a]
In office 14 February 2020 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
George Eustice
Succeeded by
Mark Spencer
Member of Parliament for Banbury
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
Tony Baldry
Majority
16,813 (26.7%)
Personal details
Born
Victoria Boswell
(1971-03-24) 24 March 1971 (age 53) Banbury, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Sebastian Prentis
Parent
Lord Boswell of Aynho (father)
Alma mater
Royal Holloway, University of London Downing College, Cambridge
Website
Official website
Victoria Mary Prentis, KC (née Boswell; born 24 March 1971) is a British lawyer who has served as the Attorney General for England and Wales since October 2022. Prentis has served as the Member of Parliament for Banbury since 2015. She is a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
Prentis was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to junior ministers in the Department for Transport between July 2016 and June 2017, and was the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Leader of the House of Commons from June 2017 until February 2020. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in February 2020, and was promoted to become Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in September 2021, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry. She was appointed Minister of State for Work and Welfare by Prime Minister Liz Truss in September 2022.[2][3][4] After Liz Truss resigned and Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, Prentis was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales.[5] She was appointed to the Privy Council on 27 October 2022.[6]
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^"Banbury parliamentary constituency 2015". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^"Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^"Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^"Minister of State (Minister for Work and Welfare) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^"Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Braverman named home secretary, Gove returns as levelling up secretary, Mordaunt not promoted – live". the Guardian. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^"Orders Approved and Business Transacted at the Privy Council held by the King at Buckingham Palace on 27th October 2022". www.privycouncil.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved on 26 December 2022.
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