Robert Buckland, QC, MP

Solicitor General

As solicitor general for England and Wales, Robert Buckland is responsible for advising the Cabinet and the Crown on the law. A Conservative MP for Swindon South since 2010, Buckland previously practised as a criminal barrister, and has worked on reforms including the recent new crime of coercive control becoming part of a change to domestic violence law. He has also campaigned for children with special educational needs, including autism, and was awarded a Grassroots Diplomat Initiative Award for this work in 2013. Buckland grew up in the mining heartland of Llanelli, but joined the Conservative party as a teenager because he believed the striking miners were being badly led. 

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