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Profile: Anne McGuire
MP Minster for Disabled People
Anne McGuire, MP for Stirling, was elected to the House of Commons in May 1997, having defeated the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Forsyth.
Anne was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland from November 1997 to July 1998. In July 1998, she became an Assistant Government Whip and was appointed a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury in June 2001.
In June 2002 Anne became Parliamentary Under Secretary at The Scotland Office. Following the Scotland Office’s incorporation in the new Department of Constitutional Affairs, Anne was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in that department with responsibility for Scotland.
Anne was Deputy Director, Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations. She has also been a member of the Children's Panel and a Safeguarder for Children, being called in by either Panels or Sheriffs when the interest of the child needed further protection. Anne is also a Vice President of the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council.
She has been a senior member of the Labour Party's Scottish Executive and was chair of the party in 1992/93.