Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Jay of Paddington PC |
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| Chair of the Constitution Committee | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Goodlad |
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Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Richard |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Williams of Mostyn |
| Minister for Women | |
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In office 27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Hewitt |
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Margaret Ann Callaghan 18 November 1939 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Peter Jay (1961–1986) Michael Adler |
| Children | Tamsin Alice Patrick |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, PC (née Callaghan; born 18 November 1939) is a British politician for the Labour Party and former BBC television producer and presenter.
Her father was James Callaghan, a Labour politician and Prime Minister, and she was educated at Blackheath High School, Blackheath and Somerville College, Oxford.
Between 1965 and 1977 she held production posts within the BBC, working on current affairs and further education television programmes. She then became a journalist on the BBC's prestigious Panorama programme, and Thames Television's This Week and presented the BBC 2 series Social History of Medicine. She has a strong interest in health issues, notably as a campaigner on HIV and AIDS. She was a founder director of the National Aids Trust in 1987 and is also a patron of Help the Aged.
Between 1994 and 1997, Baroness Jay was the Chairman of the charity Attend (then National Association of Hospital and Community Friends). In 2003, she was elected Vice-President of Attend.
She was appointed a life peer on 29 July 1992 with the title of Baroness Jay of Paddington, of Paddington in the City of Westminster, and acted as an opposition Whip in the House of Lords. In association with the shop workers' union, she led opposition to the liberalisation of Sunday trading hours.
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