Daniel Isaac Greenberg (born September 1965) has been the

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since January 2023.

Early life

Daniel Greenberg was born in Golders Green, Northwest London and grew up in an Orthodox Jewish community. His early career included time working in the

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, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, and the Office of Speaker's Counsel. He recently served as Counsel for Domestic Legislation in the

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. He has also served as editor of ''

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'' (2000–2016) and ''Craies on Legislation'' (2004–2016), general editor of ''

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'' (2010–2015) and the ''Annotated Statutes and Insight Encyclopaedia'',

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of the ''Statute Law Review'' (2012), and contributing consultant editor to the

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. Greenberg was appointed

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in the

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for services to Parliament. In January 2021, he wrote an editorial in the ''

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'' criticising some

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groups for not following COVID-19 restrictions, in which he suggests that "any community that tolerates has no connection with Jewish law or values and has become simply a self-indulgent and dangerous sect".

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References

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