The Prime Minister's Office has announced that the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Catherine Smith, KC as Advocate General for Scotland, and that His Majesty has also been pleased to signify his intention of conferring a peerage of the United Kingdom for life on Miss Smith.
Catherine Smith (born 4 May, 1973) is a daughter of the late Rt Hon John Smith, MP PC (1938-1994), the Scottish politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. He was also Member of Parliament for Monklands East.
Her mother is Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, DL (born 4 June, 1940), who was raised to the peerage with a life barony in the months following John Smith's sudden death. I believe it will be the first case of a mother and daughter sitting together in the House of Lords.
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