Angela Smith

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Angela Smith is also the name of the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough.

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Angela Evans Smith (born 7 January 1959, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Basildon, and was first elected in 1997. She is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Smith previously worked for the League Against Cruel Sports. She was a junior Northern Ireland minister and sponsored the Waste Minimisation Act, as well as playing an important role in forcing the National Minimum Wage Act through Parliament. She received considerable local opposition, before leaving office in Northern Ireland, for sponsoring the Education (NI) Order which proposes ending academic selection in Northern Ireland. The Order is opposed by many who consider Northern Ireland's education system as one of the United Kingdom's most successful. It is expected that the Order will come before the House of Commons and House of Lords in May 2006.

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