Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Margaret Hodge MBE MP, also known as Lady Hodge by virtue of her husband's knighthood, (born 8 September 1944) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Barking since 1994. She was the first Minister for Children in 2003 and was Minister of State for Culture and Tourism at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. On 9 June 2010 she was elected Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.