FOUR Basingstoke residents have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2022.

The bi-annual honours announcement awards people across the UK who make outstanding contributions to their communities and to society.

Receiving honours were:

  • Vanessa Ann Macdougall CVO. Lately Director, International Economics Unit and the G7 Taskforce, Cabinet Office. For Public Service (Hartley Wintney)
  • Emily Jane Arbuthnot MVO. Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Manager, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS (Basingstoke)
  • Susan Hill RVM, Training Unit Manager, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing (Basingstoke)

In addition, MP Maria Miller, Member of Parliament for Basingstoke, was recognised for Parliamentary and Public Service.

Ms Miller, who has been made a Dames Commander of the Order of The British Empire (DBE) said it is “very exciting”.

She said: "I have had the good fortune to work with incredibly talented people in Basingstoke, Parliament and as a Government Minister. I am particularly pleased that this honour recognises the importance of work done to make our country a more equal place for everyone. It is so important to give people respect and the same opportunity to succeed.

"I was born in a council house and went to my local comprehensive school in South Wales. I learnt how to work hard from my parents. But becoming a Member of Parliament, and receiving an Honour from the Queen was never on my radar. It is an absolute privilege to represent my community in the House of Commons.

"I look forward to continuing the work I am doing to help make Basingstoke, and our country more widely, a place where we all have the opportunity to succeed in life regardless of where we were born, our sex, gender, sexuality, disability or ethnicity."

Emily, Jane, Arbuthnot who works at Hampshire Hospitals also received the honour.

Alex Whitfield, chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are delighted that Emily’s contribution to the Peritoneal Malignancy Institute has been recognised. This is a credit to her commitment to providing the best possible care to patients with a rare form of cancer. We are incredibly proud of Emily and the entire team who deliver this specialist service at Hampshire Hospitals, one of only two centres in the United Kingdom, who have saved many lives and provide treatment and hope to patients from across the UK and around the globe.”

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this historic Platinum Jubilee is "not only a celebration of the monarch but of the qualities she possesses".

He said: "The honours she confers this week reflect many of those qualities that have been invaluable from all different walks of life and to communities across the UK.

“I pay tribute to all of this year’s winners. Their stories of courage and compassion are an inspiration to us all.”

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