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'''Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (born 5 May 1942) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician.
'''Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston''', [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|PC]] (born 5 May 1942) is a British politician and [[life peer]] who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bristol East]] from [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]] to [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]], during which time she served as [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]] from 2001 to 2005.


==Early life==
==Early life==
'''Jean Ann Parkin''' went to Yeovil Girls' High School (now the [[Westfield Community School, Yeovil|Westfield Community School]]) on ''Stiby Road'' in [[Yeovil]] and the [[Somerset College of Arts and Technology]]. She worked at the [[Inland Revenue]]. At the [[London School of Economics]], she gained an LLB in 1989. From 1989–90, she studied at the [[Inns of Court School of Law]]. She also studied with the [[Open University]]. She became a barrister.
'''Jean Ann Parkin''' went to Yeovil Girls' High School (now the [[Westfield Community School, Yeovil|Westfield Community School]]) on Stiby Road in [[Yeovil]] and the [[Somerset College of Arts and Technology]]. She worked at the [[Inland Revenue]]. At the [[London School of Economics]], she gained a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1989. From 1989 to 1990, she studied at the [[Inns of Court School of Law]]. She also studied with the [[Open University]]. She became a barrister.


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
Corston was Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol East]] from April 1992 to 2005. Until stepping down at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], she was chair of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party]], the first woman ever to hold that position.
Corston was Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bristol East]] from April 1992 to 2005. Until stepping down at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], she was chair of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party]], the first woman ever to hold that position. She was the first Labour MP to ask a question of [[Tony Blair]] at his first [[Prime Minister's Questions]] on 21 May 1997.


On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a [[life peer]], and on 29 June 2005 she was created '''Baroness Corston''', ''of [[St George, Bristol|St George]] in the [[Bristol|County and City of Bristol]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57692 |date=4 July 2005 |page=8639}}</ref>
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a [[life peer]], and on 29 June 2005 she was created '''Baroness Corston''', of [[St George, Bristol|St George]], in the [[Bristol|County and City of Bristol]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57692 |date=4 July 2005 |page=8639}}</ref>


She was commissioned by the [[Home Office]], to conduct a report into vulnerable women in the criminal justice system of the United Kin''gdom, published in March 2007. It explores the idea that if a lot of women who are in prison are mentally ill, whether they should be there at all.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/03/politics.crime|access-date=24 November 2016|date=2 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124223954/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/03/politics.crime|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The report outlines "the need for a distinct radically different, visibly-led, strategic, proportionate, holistic, woman-centred, integrated approach". The report is known as the [[Corston Report]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/corston-report-march-2007.pdf |title=The Corston Report: a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system |access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215043622/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/corston-report-march-2007.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and has largely informed government policy on the matter.<ref>Government response to the Corston Review Report:
She was commissioned by the [[Home Office]], to conduct a report into vulnerable women in the criminal justice system of the United Kingdom, published in March 2007. It explores the idea that if a lot of women who are in prison are mentally ill, whether they should be there at all.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/03/politics.crime|access-date=24 November 2016|date=2 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124223954/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/03/politics.crime|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The report outlines "the need for a distinct radically different, visibly-led, strategic, proportionate, holistic, woman-centred, integrated approach". The report is known as the [[Corston Report]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/corston-report-march-2007.pdf |title=The Corston Report: a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system |access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215043622/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/corston-report-march-2007.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and has largely informed government policy on the matter.<ref>Government response to the Corston Review Report:
*[http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/gov-resp-corston-review.htm ''The Government’s Response to the Corston Report – Published Dec 2007 ''This report sets out the commitments that have been made across departments to take forward the 43 recommendations of the Corston Report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203120206/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/gov-resp-corston-review.htm |date=3 February 2010 }}
*[http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/gov-resp-corston-review.htm ''The Government’s Response to the Corston Report – Published Dec 2007 ''This report sets out the commitments that have been made across departments to take forward the 43 recommendations of the Corston Report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203120206/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/gov-resp-corston-review.htm |date=3 February 2010 }}
*[http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corston-response-report.htm ''Delivering the Government response to the Corston Report (Corston: One year on)'' Published Dec 2008 This is the Government's one year progress report on its strategy for addressing the needs of women offenders, in response to Baroness Corston's independent review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516195546/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corston-response-report.htm |date=16 May 2010 }}
*[http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corston-response-report.htm ''Delivering the Government response to the Corston Report (Corston: One year on)'' Published Dec 2008 This is the Government's one year progress report on its strategy for addressing the needs of women offenders, in response to Baroness Corston's independent review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516195546/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corston-response-report.htm |date=16 May 2010 }}
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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Corston
PC
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
In office
11 July 2001 – 24 May 2005
LeaderTony Blair
Preceded byClive Soley
Succeeded byAnn Clwyd
Member of Parliament
for Bristol East
In office
9 April 1992 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byJonathan Sayeed
Succeeded byKerry McCarthy
Personal details
Born
Jean Ann Parkin

(1942-05-05) 5 May 1942 (age 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Christopher Corston
Peter Townsend
Children2 - Sarah and David
Alma materLondon School of Economics, Open University

Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston, PC (born 5 May 1942) is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East from 1992 to 2005, during which time she served as Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2001 to 2005.

Early life[edit]

Jean Ann Parkin went to Yeovil Girls' High School (now the Westfield Community School) on Stiby Road in Yeovil and the Somerset College of Arts and Technology. She worked at the Inland Revenue. At the London School of Economics, she gained a Bachelor of Laws in 1989. From 1989 to 1990, she studied at the Inns of Court School of Law. She also studied with the Open University. She became a barrister.

Parliamentary career[edit]

Corston was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East from April 1992 to 2005. Until stepping down at the 2005 general election, she was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the first woman ever to hold that position. She was the first Labour MP to ask a question of Tony Blair at his first Prime Minister's Questions on 21 May 1997.

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and on 29 June 2005 she was created Baroness Corston, of St George, in the County and City of Bristol.[1]

She was commissioned by the Home Office, to conduct a report into vulnerable women in the criminal justice system of the United Kingdom, published in March 2007. It explores the idea that if a lot of women who are in prison are mentally ill, whether they should be there at all.[2] The report outlines "the need for a distinct radically different, visibly-led, strategic, proportionate, holistic, woman-centred, integrated approach". The report is known as the Corston Report[3] and has largely informed government policy on the matter.[4] Progress and improvements by local probation services, the National Probation Service, Her Majesty's Prison service and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) are regularly compared to the recommendations in this report.

Personal life[edit]

She married first Christopher Corston in 1961 with whom she had a son and daughter. Her partner from 1980 until he died in 2009 was Peter Townsend, the sociologist. The couple married in Bristol in 1985.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 57692". The London Gazette. 4 July 2005. p. 8639.
  2. ^ "The Guardian". 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ "The Corston Report: a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. ^ Government response to the Corston Review Report:
  5. ^ Clark, Tom (9 June 2009). "Peter Townsend". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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