Bio:
Outside of politics Penny has worked in business and communications in the private, public and charitable sectors; working for the Freight Transport Association, a national lottery distributor, and Diabetes UK. Within politics Penny has been Head of Broadcasting at Conservative Central Office and was Head of Foreign Press for George W. Bush's 2000 election campaign. Since her election Penny has assumed the Conservative chairmanship of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Older People & Ageing, and became the founding chairman of the APPG on Life Science.