Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961 in Twickenham, England) is a British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament for Don Valley in northern England, and is now currently the Minister of State for Public Health in the Department of Health. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Don Valley is a parliamentary constituency, created in 1915, it was long a coal mining stronghold. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... The Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. ...

Early life

Flint was educated at Twickenham County School for Girls (the school transferred to Waldegrave School for Girls in 1977) on Clifden Road in Whitton and Richmond Tertiary College (now Richmond Adult Community College on the site of the former Twickenham girls school) before earning her BA (Hons) in American Literature and History combined with Film Studies from the University of East Anglia. She joined the Labour Party when 17. From 1982-4, she was the Labour Student National Women's Officer. She began her career as a management trainee with the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1984-5, then becoming a Policy Officer from 1985-7. She was head of the Women's Unit at the NUS from 1988-9. She was an Equal Opportunities Officer from 1989-91, then Welfare and Staff Development Officer from 1991-3 both for Lambeth Council. Prior to becoming an MP, she was the Senior Researcher and Political Officer for the GMB Union from 1994. Waldegrave School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school (ages 11 to 16) in Twickenham, London, England. ... Whitton is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Film theory debates the essence of the cinema and provides conceptual frameworks for analyzing, among other things, the film image, narrative structure, the function of film artists, the relationship of film to reality, and the film spectators position in the cinematic experience. ... The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a leading campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Governments New Universities programme in the 1960s. ... The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs, from 1965 until its abolition in 1990. ... The National Union of Students (NUS) is the main federation of students unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. ... Equal opportunity is a descriptive term for an approach intended to provide a certain social environment in which ensure people are not excluded from the activities of society, such as education, employment, or health care, on the basis of immutable traits. ... The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ...

Political career

Flint has been an MP since 1997. In 1999, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain in his capacity as Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2002 she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Dr John Reid, in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons and Minister without Portfolio. She joined the Government as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, where she served from June 2003 to May 2005. She became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health in May 2005, with responsibility for Public Health. She was promoted to Minister of State in May 2006. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... Peter Gerald Hain (born February 16, 1950, Nairobi, Kenya) is a British Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... John Reid (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician who is Home Secretary and Member of Parliament for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts. ... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... Many governments, both national and more local, have a Department of Health. This article is about the British one. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Flint is responsible for managing government programmes concerning radiation exposure, the potential bird flu epidemic, sex education, and the prevention of communicable diseases such as TB and HIV, and is overseeing campaigns to tackle obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. She is also overseeing the enforcement of the Labour government's ban on smoking in all British pubs and restaurants. Avian influenza (also known as bird flu) is a type of influenza virulent in birds. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... See diabetes mellitus for further general information on diabetes. ... Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different sexes diseases which affect the heart and is the leading cause of death in the United States as of 2006. ... On 16 November 2004 a Public Health white paper proposed a smoking ban in almost all public places in England. ...

In February 2007, it was announced that she would be Hazel Blears' campaign manager in Blears' campaign for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party when John Prescott steps down. Hazel Anne Blears MP (born May 14, 1956) is a British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... John Leslie Prescott MP (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician, Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State and Member of Parliament for the North East constituency of Hull East. ...

During her tenure at the home office Caroline Flint embarked on a crusade to ban the sale of magic mushrooms and reclassify them as Class A drugs. There was no public clamour for this bill, yet Flint was determined to outlaw any sale of magic mushrooms in the UK. Flying in the face of scientific evidence that stated magic mushrooms were not even in the top 20 dangerous drugs in the UK, even below tobacco and alcohol, Flint pushed through her bill.

Trivia

• Caroline Flint and her husband Phil once foiled an armed robbery, with the perpetrator receiving a 10-year prison sentence.
• Along with several other Labour women MPs, she is a member of a tap dancing troupe known as the Division Belles. Other members include Hazel Blears, Beverley Hughes, Laura Moffatt, Meg Munn, Joan Ryan and Dari Taylor.

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External links

• Caroline Flint official site
• Department of Health - Caroline Flint MP official biography
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Caroline Flint MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Caroline Flint MP
• BBC Politics page

Audio clips

• Talking to Kath Melandri and Simon Lederman on the BBC LDN Drivetime show in 2005
• You and Yours discussing downgrading cannabis in February 2005
• Cloning horses on the Today programme in May 2004
• On the Today programme talking about gun crime in September 2003

Video clips

• Discussing the smoking ban

News items

• Former husband