Gabrielle Louise Bertin, Baroness Bertin (born 14 March 1978) is a British

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member of the

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and political aide.

Career

Bertin was educated at

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and

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. She worked for Cameron during his time as

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, and for

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as press secretary. In 2005, Bertin became deputy press officer for Cameron. In 2003–04, she was paid £25,000 by

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to work as a researcher for

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, a now-closed charity run by Fox, while he was

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. She was the sole employee of the charity, and worked with Adam Werritty, the executive director, but according to Fox, she did not work in any health role. By August 2013, it had been announced that she would be switched to director of external relations, with Graeme Wilson of ''

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'' taking up her old role. She was nominated for a

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age as part of

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list and was created Baroness Bertin, of

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in the

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, on 2 September 2016. She was the youngest member of the

until the induction of Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford in February 2019. In 2023, she was commissioned by the Government to lead an independent review into the regulation of online pornography; the concluding report was published in early 2025.

References

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