The Rt Hon Anna Soubry
Biography
Anna Soubry served as Minister of State (Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2015 until July 2016. Previously Anna was Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence from July 2014 until May 2015. She served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans from October 2013 until July 2014 and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health from September 2012 until October 2013. She was elected Conservative MP for Broxtowe in 2010.
Education
She studied law at Birmingham University and went on to train as a barrister.
Political career
Anna was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence on 15 July 2014. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans in October 2013. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health in September 2012 having previously served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Health Minister, Simon Burns, from November 2010 to September 2012.
Career outside politics
Anna has worked at Grampian TV in Aberdeen as a reporter and presenter on North Tonight and at Central TV as a reporter on Central News East. During her time at Central, Anna was the shop steward of the National Union of Journalists. She worked as a criminal barrister in Nottingham and practised until becoming an MP.