Hélène Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC, née Middleweek (born 26 March 1949) is a Labour policitian. She was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and became a Life Peer in 1986. Outside politics, she has been involved in health issues, serving on medical ethics committees and the governing bodies of bodies in the NHS and health charities. In 2006, she won the election to become the first Lord Speaker. This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Labour Party has, since the early twentieth century, been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly-funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity, meaning selfless giving, is one conventional English translation of the Greek term agapÄ“. // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding one... The Lord Speaker (or Lady Speaker) will be a new position in the British Parliament created once the Constitutional Reform Acts provisions about the Speakership of the House of Lords comes into effect. ...

Her parents were Maurice and Maude Middleweek. She attended Wolverhampton Girls' High School and read law at Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating in 1969. She was President of the Union Society in 1969. She worked for Shelter from 1969 to 1971, and for the Social Services Department at the London Borough of Camden from 1971 to 1974. She married Martin Hayman in 1974; together, they have 4 sons. Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after Its location in the village of Newnham Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College(s) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Principal The Lady ONeill of Bengarve Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Postgraduates 120 Homepage Boatclub A view of the Clough and Kennedy... Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited (working as Shelter) is a UK charity registered in England that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ...

She was elected as the the Member of Parliament for Welwyn and Hatfield in the October 1974 UK general election. On her election, she was the youngest member of the House of Commons, remaining the "Baby of the House" until the by-election victory of David Alton in 1979. She was the first woman to give birth while serving as an MP, and the first woman to breast feed at Westminster. She lost her seat to the Conservative Christopher Murphy in the 1979 UK general election. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Baby of the House is the unofficial moniker given to the youngest member of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool (born 15 March 1951) is a cross bench member of the House of Lords. ... A breastfeeding infant Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk from her breasts, usually directly from the nipples. ... Conservative Party may refer to: Conservative Party of Canada (since 2003) Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-2003) Conservative Party of Canada (historical) (until 1942) Conservative Party (Chile) (historical) Colombian Conservative Party Conservative Peoples Party (Denmark) New Zealand Conservative Party (defunct) Conservative Party of Nicaragua Norwegian Conservative Party (H... Chris Murphy. ... The British general election of May 3, 1979 was a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ...

She served on the ethics committees of the Royal College of Gynaecologists from 1982 to 1997, and of the University College London and University College Hospital from 1987 to 1997. From 1992 to 1997, she was a member of the Council of University College, London, and chair of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust. University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Categories: Stub | London hospitals ... The Whittington Hospital is a London, UK hospital in Archway, London Borough of Islington. ... National Health Service Trusts (NHS Trusts) provide many services of the United Kingdom National Health Service in England and Wales. ...

She was made a Life Peer in 1996. After the Labour Party won the 1997 UK general election, she served as a junior minister in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Department of Health, before being appointed as Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in July 1999. She became a member of the Privy Council in 2001, but left office the same year to become chairman of Cancer Research UK. She became chair of the Human Tissue Authority in 2005 and is a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She is also a member of the HFEA. In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The name Labour Party or Labor Party is used by several political parties around the world. ... (Redirected from 1997 UK general election) The 1 May 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years. ... Many governments, both national and more local, have a Department of Health. This article is about the British one. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK government department, first created in September 1793 (relaunched in 1889) and called the Board of Agriculture. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness-promotion group in the United Kingdom, formed in 2002 by the merger of the Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. ... The Human Tissue Authority is a UK public body created by the Human Tissue Act 2004. ... Royal Botanic Gardens redirects here. ... The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is a British non-departmental Government body set up under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 that regulates and inspects all United Kingdom clinics providing IVF, donor insemination or the storage of human ova, sperm or embryos. ...

In May 2006, she was the first candidate to be nominated for the new role of Lord Speaker, after the position of Speaker in the House of Lords was removed from the Lord Chancellor as part of the reforms to the position under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. She was nominated as a candidate by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean and seconded by Lord Walton of Detchant. Her narrow victory in the election was announced on 4 July 2006, and Hayman became the first ever Lord Speaker. On her election, Lord McNally, the Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, called her the "Julie Andrews of British politics". The Lord Speaker (or Lady Speaker) will be a new position in the British Parliament created once the Constitutional Reform Acts provisions about the Speakership of the House of Lords comes into effect. ... The word speaker has a number of uses: In politics the Speaker is the presiding officer in many legislative bodies. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Bold textLodgey makes out with stephanie The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (2005 c. ... Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC (born 14 April 1951), is a British politician, and is a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Thomas McNally, Baron McNally (born 20 February 1943) is a British politician and the current Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. ... Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music. ...

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References

• Dod's Parliamentary Companion online
• Hayman chosen to be Lords speaker, BBC News, 4 July 2006
• Lord Speaker election results (PDF)