Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

The Baroness Neville-Jones
Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism
In office
12 May 2010 – 9 May 2011
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord West of Spithead
Succeeded byJames Brokenshire
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
15 October 2007
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones

(1939-11-02) 2 November 1939 (age 85)
Birmingham
Political partyConservative
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
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Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC (born 2 November 1939) is a British politician and former civil servant who served as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) from 1993 to 1994. A member of the Conservative Party, she served on the National Security Council and was Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office from 2010 to 2011.

On 12 May 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron appointed her as Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism in the Home Office with a permanent position on the newly created National Security Council.[1]

On 9 May 2011, the BBC reported that Neville-Jones had left her role as Security Minister at "her own request";[2] her security brief was taken over by James Brokenshire.[3] She was then immediately appointed as "Special Representative to Business on Cyber Security".[4]

  1. ^ "Cameron chairs first UK security council meeting". BBC News. BBC. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones steps down". BBC News. BBC. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  3. ^ Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones steps down".