Here is the latest nomination in our series highlighting people David Cameron should consider appointing to the House of Lords.
If you would like to nominate someone, please email Jonathan Isaby with your suggestion, ideally including key arguments for
the nomination as well as biographical information. The sources of nominations will be treated confidentially where
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No. 35: Jill Kirby
A reader from London writes:
"I would like to nominate Jill Kirby, the Director of the Centre for Policy Studies. Not only has she done a fantastic job moving the CPS ahead, she is a long standing writer and national expert on family and welfare issues. She is just the sort of thoughtful and considered person we should be appointing to the Upper House.
"For the last six years Jill has been putting the case for families with Broken Hearts: family decline and the consequences for society in 2002, Choosing to be different: women, work and the family in 2003, The Price of Parenthood in 2005, The Nationalisation of Childhood in 2006 and Who do they think we are? in 2008. She has also found time to serve on the Conservative's Tax Reform Commission and was also a Consultant to Renewing One Nation, the social affairs unit at Conservative Central Office.
"It's not just about Jill's work - it's also about her impact. Jill is a game changer. Her work on family issues (particularly Broken Hearts and The Price of Parenthood has changed significantly the terms of the debate on the interaction between family and the tax/benefits system. When first published in 2002, this was seen as the preserve of the green ink brigade. Now it is mainstream - at the heart of modern Conservative Party thinking. Even the Labour Government has started to understand that extra support for single parent families creates perverse and damaging incentives.
"A lawyer by training, Jill's rare combination of legal background, forensic examination of deep social and governmental trends, her strong conservative principles and her dispassionate yet forceful delivery is unique – and one which would be of great value in a reforming chamber."
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