{"id":21298,"date":"2022-04-13T08:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/former-birmingham-mp-baroness-jill-knight-dies-aged-98\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:16:03","slug":"former-birmingham-mp-baroness-jill-knight-dies-aged-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/former-birmingham-mp-baroness-jill-knight-dies-aged-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Birmingham MP Baroness Jill Knight dies aged 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Former Birmingham MP Baroness Jill Knight of Collingtree has died aged 98. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >She was a politician for over 50 years, representing Edgbaston as a Conservative for 31 years before being appointed to the House of Lords. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >When she retired in 2016, she was the longest-serving MP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >She died peacefully surrounded by music, family and friends after a brief struggle with poor health, her family said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >She was instrumental in introducing Section 28, a clause of a local government law to stop a council promoting the doctrine of accepting homosexuality as a fake family relationship, and in 2018 apologized when the law hurt anyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p ><i >Follow BBC West Midlands on <\/i>Facebook<i >, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcmtd\" >Twitter<\/a><i >    and <\/i>Instagram<i >.  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