{"id":112227,"date":"2018-02-05T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=112227&preview=true&preview_id=112227"},"modified":"2018-02-05T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:48:28","slug":"political-updates-5th-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-5th-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 5th February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
\n<\/strong><\/em>Malcolm Morley\u00a0<\/strong>has replaced\u00a0David Batters\u00a0<\/strong>as Chair of\u00a0Radioactive Waste Management.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
\n<\/strong><\/em>Bob Downes\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as the first Board Member for Scotland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Department for Education
\n<\/strong><\/em>Kathryn August<\/strong> and Pamela Scriven <\/strong>have replaced\u00a0Linda Farrant<\/strong> and Paul Snell<\/strong>\u00a0as members of the Ofsted Board.<\/strong> John Huges reappointed to the board.<\/p>\n

HM Treasury
\n<\/em><\/strong>Clare Lombardelli<\/strong>\u00a0 has been appointed as Chief Economic Adviser<\/strong>.
\nGertjan Vlieghe<\/strong> has been reappointed as an External Member of the\u00a0Monetary Policy Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department for Transport
\n<\/em><\/strong>Peter Mumford<\/strong> has been appointed as Executive Director of Major Projects & Capital Portfolio Management at Highways England.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
\n<\/em><\/strong>Matthew Field<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
\n<\/strong>Andrew Noble<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Romania.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-Ministerial Departments
\n<\/em><\/strong>Baroness Stowell<\/strong> has been named as the preferred candidate for Chair of the Charity Commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The House of Commons will be in recess from Friday 9 February and will return on Tuesday 20 February.<\/p>\n

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House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The House of Lords will be in recess from Friday 9 February and will return on Tuesday 20 February.<\/p>\n

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood<\/strong> died on 29th January 2018.<\/p>\n

Lord McAvoy <\/strong>has been appointed as a member of four committees: the Privileges and Conduct Committee<\/strong>,\u00a0Procedure Committee<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Selection Committee <\/strong>and\u00a0Services Committee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This week, the European Parliament will be in Strasbourg for group meetings and plenary sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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