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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="پاتریشیا اسکاتلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پاتریشیا اسکاتلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D6%84%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4" title="Պատրիսիա Սքոթլանդ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պատրիսիա Սքոթլանդ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93" title="פטרישה סקוטלנד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פטרישה סקוטלנד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="پاتريسيا سكوتلاند – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="پاتريسيا سكوتلاند" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Patricia Scotland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland" title="Patricia Scotland – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Patricia Scotland" 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style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 April 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Commonwealth" title="Head of the Commonwealth">Head</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Chair-in-Office" title="Commonwealth Chair-in-Office">Chair</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Muscat" title="Joseph Muscat">Joseph Muscat</a> (Malta)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Kagame" title="Paul Kagame">Paul Kagame</a> (Rwanda)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fiame_Naomi_Mata%E2%80%99afa" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiame Naomi Mata’afa">Fiame Naomi Mata’afa</a> (Samoa)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kamalesh_Sharma" title="Kamalesh Sharma">Kamalesh Sharma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Ayorkor_Botchwey" title="Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey">Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey</a> (announced)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Goldsmith" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Goldsmith">Peter Goldsmith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Grieve" title="Dominic Grieve">Dominic Grieve</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Junior ministerial offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Advocate General for Northern Ireland">Advocate General for Northern Ireland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 April 2010 – 11 May 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle_Agreement" title="Hillsborough Castle Agreement"><i>Office created</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Grieve" title="Dominic Grieve">Dominic Grieve</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Attorney General for Northern Ireland">Attorney General for Northern Ireland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 June 2007 – 12 April 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Goldsmith,_Baron_Goldsmith" title="Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith">The Lord Goldsmith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Larkin_(Northern_Ireland)" title="John Larkin (Northern Ireland)">John Larkin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Home_Affairs_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister of State for Home Affairs (United Kingdom)">Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 June 2003 – 28 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Falconer_of_Thoroton" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Falconer of Thoroton">The Lord Falconer of Thoroton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Browning" title="Angela Browning">The Baroness Browning</a> (2011)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor%27s_Department" title="Lord Chancellor's Department">Parliamentary Secretary for Lord Chancellor's Department</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 June 2001 – 13 June 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Bach" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Bach">The Lord Bach</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Filkin,_Baron_Filkin" title="Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin">The Lord Filkin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 July 1999 – 12 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Symons,_Baroness_Symons_of_Vernham_Dean" title="Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean">The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bradshaw" title="Ben Bradshaw">Ben Bradshaw</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Baroness_Amos" class="mw-redirect" title="The Baroness Amos">The Baroness Amos</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Further offices held </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2010 – 7 October 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> (acting)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Garnier" title="Edward Garnier">Edward Garnier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emily_Thornberry" title="Emily Thornberry">Emily Thornberry</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: #eee"><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Temporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">Life peerage</a></b></span> <br />6 November 1997 </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Patricia Janet Scotland</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-08-19</span>) </span>19 August 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br />Dominica, British Windward Islands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglia_Ruskin_University" title="Anglia Ruskin University">Anglia Ruskin University</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a><sup id="cite_ref-unilondon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unilondon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Diplomat</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Barrister</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></span></span> (born 19 August 1955), is a British diplomat, barrister and politician, serving as the sixth <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Secretary-General" title="Commonwealth Secretary-General">secretary-general</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>. She was elected at the <a href="/wiki/2015_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a> and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post.<sup id="cite_ref-sg_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sg-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elevated to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> in 1997 and, as a British <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> politician, served in ministerial positions within the <a href="/wiki/UK_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Government">UK Government</a>, most notably as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Advocate General for Northern Ireland">Advocate General for Northern Ireland</a>. She is a <a href="/wiki/Dual_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual citizen">dual citizen</a> of the United Kingdom and Dominica, where she was born.<sup id="cite_ref-oz_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scotland was born on 19 August 1955 in Dominica, in the <a href="/wiki/British_Windward_Islands" title="British Windward Islands">British Windward Islands</a>. She was the tenth child of twelve born to Roman Catholic parents,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Dominican mother and <a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antiguan</a> father.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When she was two years old, her family emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a> in north-east London, where she attended <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapel_End_Primary_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapel End Primary School (page does not exist)">Chapel End Primary School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_School_for_Girls" title="Walthamstow School for Girls">Walthamstow School for Girls</a>. She then went on to <a href="/wiki/Mid_Essex_Technical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Essex Technical College">Mid Essex Technical College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a>, where she obtained a <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>‘s <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> which at that time awarded the University of London’s qualifications.<sup id="cite_ref-unilondon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unilondon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was called to the <a href="/wiki/Bar_association" title="Bar association">bar</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a> in 1977, specialising in family law, and was called to the Dominican bar in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Scotland was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">Queen's Counsel</a>. She later founded the (now closed) 1 Gray's Inn Square barristers chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-thelawyer.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thelawyer.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in 1997, she was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Bencher" title="Bencher">Bencher</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a>. Scotland was named as a Millennium Commissioner on 17 February 1994, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Racial_Equality" title="Commission for Racial Equality">Commission for Racial Equality</a>. She received a <a href="/wiki/Life_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peerage">life peerage</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> list of <a href="/wiki/Working_peers" class="mw-redirect" title="Working peers">working peers</a> and was made <b>Baroness Scotland of Asthal</b>, <i>of <a href="/wiki/Asthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Asthal">Asthal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">County of Oxfordshire</a></i> on 30 October 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1999 to 2001, Scotland was the <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a>, where she was responsible, among others, for the UK Government's diplomatic relations with <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Consular_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Consular Division (page does not exist)">Consular Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Council" title="British Council">British Council</a>, administration and all Parliamentary business in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. Scotland introduced the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_Act_2001" title="International Criminal Court Act 2001">International Criminal Court Bill</a> which sought to ratify the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> into UK law. She established the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pro_Bono_Lawyers_Panel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pro Bono Lawyers Panel (page does not exist)">Pro Bono Lawyers Panel</a>, a panel of British-based lawyers who provided legal advice on a <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_bono" title="Pro bono">pro bono</a></i> basis to United Kingdom nationals imprisoned in foreign countries. She created an Overseas Territories Council for the Caribbean and reformed and restructured the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Consular Division to be able to respond more effectively to emergencies and disasters abroad such as the <a href="/wiki/11_September_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="11 September attacks">11 September attacks</a>. </p><p>In 2001 she became Parliamentary Secretary, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor%27s_Department" title="Lord Chancellor's Department">Lord Chancellor's Department</a>, and was made a member of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a>. She was the minister formally responsible for civil justice and the reform of civil law including the comprehensive reform of land registration leading to the <a href="/wiki/Land_Registration_Act_2002" title="Land Registration Act 2002">Land Registration Act 2002</a>. She was also formally responsible for international affairs at the Lord Chancellor's Department and was appointed by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> as the UK Alternate Representative to the European Convention<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was given primary responsibility for the negotiations in relation to the Charter of Rights which were successfully concluded in 2003. During this period, she consolidated the strong relations created with all the applicant countries through the FAHR programme and the member states and was subsequently awarded the Polish Medal for her contribution to the reform and development of Law in Poland. </p><p>Scotland was an unsuccessful contender for a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a> position in 2003, when Blair reportedly considered appointing her <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PatriciaScotland2a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PatriciaScotland2a.jpg/220px-PatriciaScotland2a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/PatriciaScotland2a.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="317" /></a><figcaption>Scotland in 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2003, Scotland was made <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> for the Criminal Justice System and Law Reform at the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> and deputy to the Home Secretary. She served in that post until 2007 under three Home Secretaries: <a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Clarke" title="Charles Clarke">Charles Clarke</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a>. While at the Home Office she was responsible for major reform of the criminal justice system. She created the Office of Criminal Justice Reform<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which helped to create and support the National Criminal Justice Board and the Local Criminal Justice Board. Having acted as chair, she then created three Alliances to reduce re-offending (Corporate, Civic and Faith based Alliance) and the Corporate Alliance against Domestic Violence.<sup id="cite_ref-caadv_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caadv-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She created an advisory group on victims and the Criminal Justice Centre, Victims and Witness units. </p><p>Scotland created Inside Justice Week<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Justice Awards. She introduced the Crime and Victims Act, which created the new offence of familial homicide that was successfully used to prosecute the killers of <a href="/wiki/Baby_P" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby P">Baby P</a> who would otherwise have escaped responsibility for his death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Scotland continued her responsibility for international affairs at the Home Office and continued to represent the UK in a number of international negotiations such as those relating to extradition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attorney_General">Attorney General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patriciascotland.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Patriciascotland.JPG/220px-Patriciascotland.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Patriciascotland.JPG/330px-Patriciascotland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Patriciascotland.JPG/440px-Patriciascotland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Scotland speaking at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice" title="Royal Courts of Justice">Royal Courts of Justice</a> before <a href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a> (2007)</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 June 2007, Scotland was appointed <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General">Attorney General</a> by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thelawyer.com_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thelawyer.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first woman to hold the office since its foundation in 1315. </p><p>During her time as Attorney General, Scotland continued to promote <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_bono" title="Pro bono">pro bono</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> work by lawyers and created an international and Schools Pro Bono Committee which was responsible for co-ordinating <i>pro bono</i> work. She created the Pro Bono Awards and Pro Bono Heroes. She also created the Attorney General's Youth Network.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was the last Attorney General for England and Wales also to be the Attorney General for Northern Ireland before the devolution of justice powers to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>, and appointment of a separate Attorney General for Northern Ireland. She became instead Advocate General for Northern Ireland, the UK government's chief advisor on Northern Ireland law, for a brief period until Labour left office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Attorney_General">Shadow Attorney General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shadow Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Labour left government on 11 May 2010, Scotland became the Shadow Attorney General and was reappointed to that role by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> when he appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2012, she was appointed <a href="/wiki/Prime_Ministerial_Trade_Envoy" title="Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy">Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy</a> to South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2014, Scotland was elected as the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Aldermen" title="Court of Aldermen">Alderman</a> for the ward of <a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, having stood (in accordance with convention in the City) as an independent candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commonwealth_Secretary-General">Commonwealth Secretary-General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commonwealth Secretary-General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patricia_Scotland_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Patricia_Scotland_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>Scotland in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a>, Scotland was nominated for the position of <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Secretary-General" title="Commonwealth Secretary-General">Commonwealth Secretary-General</a> by her native country of Dominica and defeated Antiguan diplomat <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Sanders_(diplomat)" title="Ronald Sanders (diplomat)">Ronald Sanders</a>, who was thought to have been the frontrunner for the position,<sup id="cite_ref-ind_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Deputy_Secretary-General" title="Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General">deputy secretary-general for political affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Mmasekgoa_Masire-Mwamba" title="Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba">Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba</a> of Botswana to become the sixth Commonwealth Secretary-General and the first woman to hold the post. She began her first of a maximum of two possible four-year terms on 1 April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-sg_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sg-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her candidacy was opposed by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Segal" title="Hugh Segal">Hugh Segal</a>, former Canadian special envoy to the Commonwealth and <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">senator</a>, who wrote in an editorial that she was not qualified for the position because she "accepted a well-paying brief from a <a href="/wiki/Junta_(governing_body)" title="Junta (governing body)">junta</a> in the Maldives to argue against the Commonwealth's legitimacy when it and Canada sought the restoration of democracy in that country."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her bid to have her four-year term automatically renewed was rejected in June 2020, in contrast to the usual convention where an incumbent seeking a second term in office is elected unopposed for his or her second term. This followed a "significant and diverse number of colleagues from across the Commonwealth" raising objection to the proposal, due to allegations of <a href="/wiki/Crony" class="mw-redirect" title="Crony">cronyism</a> following an audit of the Commonwealth Secretariat's procurement practices. Her first term was extended, however, due to the postponement of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020">2020 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scotland was re-elected to a second term at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a>, reportedly defeating Jamaican foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Kamina_Johnson_Smith" title="Kamina Johnson Smith">Kamina Johnson Smith</a> by 27 votes to 24. As her first term had been extended by two years due to the pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 CHOGM, Scotland promised that she will only serve for two more years instead of a full four-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her capacity as Secretary General, Baroness Scotland performed a scripture reading at the <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II">funeral of Queen Elizabeth II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> on 19 September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illegal_immigrant_employment_penalty">Illegal immigrant employment penalty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Illegal immigrant employment penalty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2009, Scotland employed Lolo Tapui, an illegal immigrant, as a cleaner. Tapui had been using a forged passport for the period up to and including December 2008. Tapui was later jailed for eight months for fraud, possessing a false identity stamp, and overstaying her UK visa. At her trial, Tapui admitted to having been paid £95,000 by the <i>Daily Mail</i>. She was later deported to her native Tonga.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scotland, who was Attorney General at the time, had earlier been subjected to a penalty of £5,000 for employing Tapui. She had not kept copies of relevant documents to check Tapui's immigration status and could therefore not establish a statutory defence. The rules were established when Scotland was a Home Office minister. The investigation by the <a href="/wiki/UK_Border_Agency" title="UK Border Agency">UK Border Agency</a> found that Scotland did not "knowingly" employ an illegal worker.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenses_controversy">Expenses controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Expenses controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2016, political blogger <a href="/wiki/Paul_Staines" title="Paul Staines">Guido Fawkes</a> published purported extracts from leaked documents exposing Scotland's extravagant spending on redecorating her <a href="/wiki/Grace_and_favour" title="Grace and favour">grace and favour</a> apartment in <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Scotland denied the claims in a statement posted on the Commonwealth's website, insisting there had been "no extravagance at all" and explained that the spending was agreed by <a href="/wiki/Kamalesh_Sharma" title="Kamalesh Sharma">Kamalesh Sharma</a>, the Commonwealth's secretary-general from 2008 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contract_controversy">Contract controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Contract controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, Scotland faced further criticism of her role as secretary-general of the Commonwealth for awarding a consultancy contract to a company run by a friend. The Audit Committee of the international organisation noted that she offered a contract to a fellow Labour peer, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Patel_of_Bradford" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Patel of Bradford">Lord Patel of Bradford</a>, despite his firm being "apparently insolvent" and "circumventing" the normal competitive tendering process.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Auditors also found that procurement rules had not been observed by the secretariat on over 50 occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charitable_work">Charitable work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Charitable work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scotland is the Patron of the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence<sup id="cite_ref-caadv_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caadv-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of <a href="/wiki/Chineke!_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Chineke! Foundation">Chineke! Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the joint Patron of Missio,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a charity which is the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>'s official support organisation for overseas mission.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also a patron of <a href="/wiki/Children_and_Families_Across_Borders_(CFAB)" class="mw-redirect" title="Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)">Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)</a>, a charity dedicated to reuniting children who have been separated from their families.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scotland has been voted Peer of the Year by <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_House_(magazine)" title="The House (magazine)"><i>The House</i></a> magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parliamentarian of the Year by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">the Spectator</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Political Studies Association,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received a number of other awards for her contribution to law reform in the UK and abroad. </p><p>Scotland was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_London" title="University of East London">University of East London</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Alumni_Newsletter_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alumni_Newsletter-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also been ranked the most influential Black Briton in the annual <i><a href="/wiki/Powerlist" title="Powerlist">Powerlist</a></i>, having been ranked first in 2010, and in 2007 and 2008 when the list had separate male/female rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scotland was decreed and invested by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Carlo,_Duke_of_Castro" title="Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro">Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro</a>, as a Dame of Merit with Star of the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Military_Constantinian_Order_of_Saint_George" title="Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George">Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George</a> in 2003. In 2014 she was appointed to the Council of the British and Irish Delegation of the Constantinian Order and promoted in rank to Dame Grand Cross of Merit. </p><p>On 1 January 2014, she was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greenwich" title="University of Greenwich">University of Greenwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, she was listed as one of <a href="/wiki/BBC%27s_100_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC's 100 Women">BBC's 100 Women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scotland resides in London<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/Asthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Asthal">Asthal</a>, Oxfordshire, where she and her husband Richard Mawhinney, also a barrister, live with their two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scotland's son Matthew Mawhinney has appeared on the reality series <i><a href="/wiki/Too_Hot_to_Handle_(TV_series)" title="Too Hot to Handle (TV series)">Too Hot to Handle</a></i>. In 2021, he was arrested and fined for abusing cabin crew on a <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> flight, including shouting "Look up who my mum is – Baroness Scotland [...] go and get me a drink" after being refused alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Scotland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Patricia Scotland </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/150px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/225px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/300px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png/200px-Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png/300px-Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png/400px-Scotland_of_Asthal_Lozenge.png 2x" data-file-width="993" data-file-height="996" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Azure on a Saltire Argent between four Fleur-de-lis heads outwards Or a Saltire Azure</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a Red-billed Tropic Bird proper</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>Gratia In Te Est</dd> <dt>Badge</dt> <dd>Two Red-billed Tropic Birds volant in saltire proper <sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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