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|description=Left her post as UK Minister for Public Health in May 2005, and in March 2006 joined the Association of the [[British Pharmaceutical Industry]].
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'''Melanie Jane Johnson''' (born 05 February 1955, Ipswich) is former Labour MP, and Public Health Minister from 2003 to 2005.<ref>BBC, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4518811.stm Health Minister loses Herts seat]," 06 May 2005, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>
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'''Melanie Jane Johnson''' is former Labour MP, and Public Health Minister from 2003 to 2005,<ref>BBC, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4518811.stm Health Minister loses Herts seat]," 06 May 2005, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref> before joining the [[Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]] in March 2006.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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From 1999 to 2005 Johnson was a junior minister serving first as [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury]], next in the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|DTI]] as Minister for Competition and Consumers, and finally as [[Minister for Public Health (UK)|Minister for Public Health]] in the [[British Department of Health|Department of Health]]. Johnson was also responsible for the White Paper Building Trust in Statistics <ref>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417221846/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/press_166_99.htm</ref>
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As Economic Secretary she supported the EU action against money laundering stating "Money laundering is a very serious offence, with the capacity to undermine financial markets and to corrupt professional advisers"<ref>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417221847/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/press_161_99.htm</ref>  Following the 2000 Budget Johnson, whilst speaking to NPI Conference, commented "in the Budget three weeks ago now, this Government took the next steps towards our ambition for a Britain of opportunity and security not just for a few but for all, with prosperity reaching the people and places the economy has too long forgotten.".<ref>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417234411/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/speech_est_120400.htm </ref> Journalist [[Benedict Brogan]] likened the delivery of her speeches to "the read-your-weight manner of a supermarket Tannoy" describing them as tedious and accusing her of just repeating "the mantra that had been programmed into her".<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1344548/Yesterday-in-Parliament.html</ref>
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She was a proponent of [[fluoridation]] of public water supplies.<ref>http://www.greenparty.org.uk/comment/273.html</ref>
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She left Parliament on 11 April 2005.<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/melanie_johnson/welwyn_hatfield Melanie Johnson, former MP], accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>
 
She left Parliament on 11 April 2005.<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/melanie_johnson/welwyn_hatfield Melanie Johnson, former MP], accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>
  
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==Resources==
 
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*BBC, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4518811.stm Health Minister loses Herts seat]," 06 May 2005, accessed 26 November 2008.
 
*BBC, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4518811.stm Health Minister loses Herts seat]," 06 May 2005, accessed 26 November 2008.
 
*Martin, Daniel, "[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-518188/Cashing-The-ex-ministers-gone-private.html Cashing in: The ex-ministers who have gone private]," ''Daily Mail'', 24 February 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.
 
*Martin, Daniel, "[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-518188/Cashing-The-ex-ministers-gone-private.html Cashing in: The ex-ministers who have gone private]," ''Daily Mail'', 24 February 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.
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Latest revision as of 00:52, 28 July 2022

Person.png Melanie Johnson  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Melanie Johnson.JPG
BornMelanie Jane Johnson
5 February 1955
Ipswich, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London, King's College (Cambridge)
Children3
PartyLabour
Left her post as UK Minister for Public Health in May 2005, and in March 2006 joined the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

Employment.png UK/Minister of State/Public Health

In office
13 June 2003 - 10 May 2005

Employment.png Economic Secretary to the Treasury Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
17 May 1999 - 8 June 2001
Preceded byPatricia Hewitt
Succeeded byRuth Kelly

Melanie Jane Johnson is former Labour MP, and Public Health Minister from 2003 to 2005,[1] before joining the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in March 2006.

Career

From 1999 to 2005 Johnson was a junior minister serving first as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, next in the DTI as Minister for Competition and Consumers, and finally as Minister for Public Health in the Department of Health. Johnson was also responsible for the White Paper Building Trust in Statistics [2]

As Economic Secretary she supported the EU action against money laundering stating "Money laundering is a very serious offence, with the capacity to undermine financial markets and to corrupt professional advisers"[3] Following the 2000 Budget Johnson, whilst speaking to NPI Conference, commented "in the Budget three weeks ago now, this Government took the next steps towards our ambition for a Britain of opportunity and security not just for a few but for all, with prosperity reaching the people and places the economy has too long forgotten.".[4] Journalist Benedict Brogan likened the delivery of her speeches to "the read-your-weight manner of a supermarket Tannoy" describing them as tedious and accusing her of just repeating "the mantra that had been programmed into her".[5]

She was a proponent of fluoridation of public water supplies.[6]

She left Parliament on 11 April 2005.[7]

After Parliament

Johnson left her post as Minister for Public Health in May 2005, and in March 2006 joined the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments ruled that she could 'Take up [the appointment] forthwith but, for 12 months after leaving office, she should not be personally involved in lobbying Government Ministers or officials' [8]

Affiliations

Resources

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References

  1. ↑ BBC, "Health Minister loses Herts seat," 06 May 2005, accessed 26 November 2008.
  2. ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417221846/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/press_166_99.htm
  3. ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417221847/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/press_161_99.htm
  4. ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090417234411/http%3A//www.hm%2Dtreasury.gov.uk/speech_est_120400.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1344548/Yesterday-in-Parliament.html
  6. ↑ http://www.greenparty.org.uk/comment/273.html
  7. ↑ They Work For You, Melanie Johnson, former MP, accessed 26 November 2008.
  8. ↑ Ninth Report 2006-2008 of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
  9. ↑ The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Ninth Report 2006-2008, accessed 27 November 2008.
  10. ↑ Martin, Daniel, "Cashing in: The ex-ministers who have gone private," Daily Mail, 24 February 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.
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