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Before taking up his post at the Home Office, Mr Coaker was a government whip, from June 2003.

 

He was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS)  to Tessa Jowell, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, and was also PPS to Estelle Morris when she was Secretary of State for Education. Mr Coaker has been MP for Gedling in Nottinghamshire since 1997.  

 

He is one of UNICEF’s 'Special Friends' in Parliament, and has visited Kosovo, Macedonia and Angola to see the work being done there.

 

Before becoming an MP, Vernon Coaker was Deputy Headteacher at Bigwood School in Nottingham.  He is married to Jackie, and they have a daughter and a son.  His interests include sport, walking in the countryside and keeping up with the media.

 

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice

 

Maria Eagle MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 29 June 2007.

 

She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, Department for Education and Skills, and Department for Work and Pensions.

 

Pembroke College, Oxford and Lancaster Gate College of Law

 

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Competitiveness

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform