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Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton (22 June 1945 – 24 April 2012) was a Conservative Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom. She was a Conservative working peer in the House of Lords and President of the National Children's Bureau. ==Politics== Shireen Ritchie was a Kensington and Chelsea Councillor from 1998 representing the Brompton ward on the Council. In 2008, she provided testimony as part of the Home Affairs Committee hearings on Trade in Human Beings. She was involved in efforts of the Conservative Party to raise awareness amongst constituents about the importance of the issue of diversity to the party, including the party's women2win efforts in 2005, and Priority List (A-List) candidates, for which she received scorn from other Conservative party members. She held a seat as the Chair of the party's Candidates Committee and was named as a 'Champion' for the Conservative Woman's Organization. While she was chair of LGA's Family and Children’s Services in 2010, the department underwent an effort to reduce paperwork to "ease the pressure on social workers and increase the quality of care offered to children." She was a member of the Family Justice Review Panel. She was also a member of the following: *Appeals Panel (Chairman) *Kensington & Chelsea Partnership Steering Group *Health and Well-Being Partnership Board (ex officio) *Joint Health Commissioning Board *Supporting People Commissioning Body *Borough Voluntary Organisations Advisory Group *Stable Way Advisory Group Outside organisations: *Local Government Association General Assembly *London Councils (Children and Young People Forum) *London Councils Grants Committee (Deputy) *William Petyt Charity *London Youth Crime Prevention Board On 25 June 2010, she was created a life peer as Baroness Ritchie of Brompton, of Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and she was introduced in the House of Lords on 29 June 2010.〔(House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday 29 June 2010 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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