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Jacqueline Jill Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a member of the British Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010, the first female Home Secretary and the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State, after Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) and Margaret Beckett (Foreign Secretary). Smith was one of the MPs investigated by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over a variety of inappropriate expense claims.〔(Smith asked to explain expenses ), ''BBC News'', 18 February 2009〕 Smith, whose case was arguably among the most significant of the MPs' expenses cases, was never prosecuted, and was asked to pay back less than average after investigation by Sir Thomas Legg;〔(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8493634.stm|publisher=BBC )〕 but she was found to have "clearly" broken the rules on expenses and ordered to apologise.〔http://www.metro.co.uk/news/750898-jacqui-smith-ordered-to-say-sorry-for-expenses-breach〕 On 5 June 2009, she ceased to be Home Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle, and then lost her seat as Member of Parliament for Redditch in the 2010 General Election. ==Early life== Born in Malvern, Worcestershire, Smith attended Dyson Perrins High School in Malvern. Her parents were teachers, and both Labour councillors; although her mother briefly joined the SDP. Her local MP, Conservative backbencher Sir Michael Spicer, recalled in Parliament in 2003 how he had first met her when he was addressing the sixth form at The Chase School, where Smith's mother was a teacher:〔(Minister visits high school ), This is Worcestershire, 8 June 2001.〕 "So great was my eloquence that she immediately rushed off and joined the Labour Party."〔(House of Commons Hansard ), 1 April 2003, column 876: Michael Spicer on Jacqui Smith.〕 Smith read PPE at Hertford College, Oxford and gained a PGCE from Worcester College of Higher Education. Working as a school teacher, Smith taught Economics at Arrow Vale High School in Redditch from 1986 to 1988〔(New Minister of State for Health ), UK Transplant Bulletin, Autumn 2001.〕 and at Worcester Sixth Form College, before becoming Head of Economics and GNVQ Co-ordinator at Haybridge High School, Hagley in 1990. Smith also worked as secretary of the National Organisation of Labour Students and describes herself as having a "feminist background". 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「Jacqui Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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