Luciana Berger
Luciana Berger
Ann Coffey
Chris Leslie
Gavin Shuker
Angela Smith
| Luciana Berger MP | |
|---|---|
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| Shadow Minister for Mental Health | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Keeley |
| Shadow Minister for Public Health | |
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In office 8 October 2013 – 14 September 2015 | |
| Leader |
Edward Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Diane Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Gwynne |
| Member of Parliament for Liverpool, Wavertree | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Majority | 29,466 (67.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1981 |
| Website | Official website |
Luciana Clare Goldsmith MP (Berger; born 13 May 1981), known as Luciana Berger, is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool, Wavertree since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Minister for Public Health on 8 October 2013, before becoming Shadow Minister for Mental Health on 14 September 2015.
Her activities in Parliament have included campaigning against dangerous dogs and their owners, raising the issue of loopholes that allow companies to avoid their health and safety responsibilities, and food poverty. In November 2012 Berger created a film, Breadline Britain, dealing with food poverty and its implications.
Parliamentary career
Berger was elected at the 2010 General Election with 53.1% of the vote.
Berger was elected to the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee but left the role when she was appointed a junior shadow minister for Energy and Climate Change.
As Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Berger has been critical of the Government's actions on the environmental agenda, particularly focusing on the Green Investment Bank and the Green Deal, writing in the environment section of The Guardian about the need for a pro-environmental-business agenda. In the run up to the 2011 Budget, Berger also contributed an article to the Left Foot Forward Labour blog challenging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to meet "three Climate Change tests" in order for the Government to reach the Prime Minister's aim of being the "Greenest Government ever".
In June 2011, Berger secured an amendment to the Energy Bill, the Green Deal apprenticeship programme. The amendment states that The Secretary of State will report to parliament on proposals for an apprenticeships scheme within the Green Deal. She later criticised the Green Deal saying in the Independent "Because of sky-high interest rates, hidden charges and penalty payments, the reality for most people will be that the Green Deal ends up costing them more than they save."
On 8 October 2013, Berger was appointed Shadow Minister for Public Health following a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. She had previously signed parliamentary motions in support of NHS funding for homoeopathy. A Labour Party spokesman said: "Luciana fully supports the scientific evidence on the use of homeopathy. These old petitions will have no impact on her work as a shadow Health minister."
In the 2015 general election Berger was returned with an increased majority.
Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party Leader in September 2015, Berger was appointed as the newly established Shadow Minister for Mental Health.