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148:. She was a vociferous opponent of Home Secretary, Michael Howard's Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill of 1994 which proposed the establishment of secure 'training centres' in the grounds of adult prisons for children aged between 12 and 14, arguing that locking up children is ineffective and that the huge cost of these could be better spent intervening with families at an earlier stage. 526: 92:
After her education Faithfull worked at Birmingham Settlement, a charity working with vulnerable people in Birmingham, UK, running clubs and acting as a caseworker For three years until 1935. She then entered the education department of the
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and until 1948, she served as a regional welfare officer for the evacuee programme. In the following decade she was employed as an inspector in the children's department of the
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on 26 January. In the House, she was instrumental in the passing of the Children Act 1989. She helped to establish, and from 1995 chaired, the
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in 1970, retiring four years later. In the New Year's Honours 1972, she was awarded an Officer of the
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in 1958 as one of the first children's officers. She was appointed its Director of
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She was trustee of a number of voluntary organisations, notably the
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contributions in Parliament by Lucy Faithfull, Baroness Faithfull
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Niechcial, Judith (2010) Lucy Faithfull: Mother to Hundreds.
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and in 1995, she also received the same degree from the
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She was elected an honorary fellow of 266: 195:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 577:20th-century British women politicians 562:Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II 534: 432: 430: 428: 366: 364: 425: 361: 163:from 1989. Faithfull supported the 13: 557:Conservative Party (UK) life peers 20:Lucy Faithfull, Baroness Faithfull 14: 598: 494: 16:British social worker (1910–1996) 421:. 27 January 1976. p. 1297. 267:Philpot, Terry (15 March 1996). 52:in 1916, her mother returned to 464: 448: 269:"Obituary - Baroness Faithfull" 405: 385: 335: 309: 288: 218: 185: 1: 587:British expatriates in France 442:Dod's Parliamentary Companion 178: 120:. Four years later, in 1976, 39: 440:; Robert Phipps Dod (1996). 212:UK public library membership 7: 118:Order of the British Empire 10: 603: 572:University of Paris alumni 165:National Children's Bureau 124:offered her a seat in the 82:St Hilda's College, Oxford 74:Honorary Doctor of Letters 169:Lucy Faithfull Foundation 87: 78:Oxford Brookes University 30:Lucy Faithfull Foundation 230:www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk 60:and studied then at the 552:British social workers 204:10.1093/ref:odnb/62151 56:. 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OBE
Lucy Faithfull Foundation
child sexual abuse
South Africa
First World War
England
Bournemouth
Sorbonne
Paris
University of Warwick
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Oxford Brookes University
St Hilda's College, Oxford
London County Council
Second World War
Home Office
Oxford City Council
Social Services
Order of the British Empire
Margaret Thatcher
House of Lords
life peerage
Wolvercote
Oxfordshire
All Party Parliamentary Group for Children
Caldecott Community
National Association of Voluntary Hostels
Barnardo's
National Children's Bureau
Lucy Faithfull Foundation

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