{"id":114046,"date":"2018-04-09T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=114046&preview=true&preview_id=114046"},"modified":"2018-04-09T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T10:48:26","slug":"political-updates-9-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-9-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 9 April 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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Government Whips’ Office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Baroness Manzoor\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as a\u00a0Government Whip.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department for Environment, Food\u00a0and\u00a0Rural Affairs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Mitchell\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Nathan de Rozarieux\u00a0<\/strong>were appointed as industry representative members to the board of the\u00a0Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department for Digital, Culture, Media\u00a0and Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ciara Eastell\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as a\u00a0General Council Member\u00a0<\/strong>to the\u00a0Arts Council England.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cynthia Polemis, Alexandra Robson<\/strong> and Edwina Sassoon\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as trustees of the\u00a0Geffrye Museum Board.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Burnett, Anne Curry<\/strong> and Chris Mayer\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as\u00a0trustees of the\u00a0Royal Armouries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dame March Archer\u00a0<\/strong>has been reappointed as Chair of the\u00a0Science Museum Group\u00a0Board.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lionel Barber\u00a0<\/strong>has been reappointed as a\u00a0Trustee of Tate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martyn Worsley\u00a0<\/strong>has been reappointed to the\u00a0board of\u00a0UK Sport.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ministry of Justice<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nick Hardwick\u00a0<\/strong>has stood down as\u00a0Chair\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0Parole Board.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attorney General’s Office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

General Sir Nick\u00a0Carter\u00a0<\/strong>will replace\u00a0Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach\u00a0<\/strong>as Chief of the Defence Staff<\/strong> this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department for International Trade<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Joanna Crellin\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Judith Slater\u00a0<\/strong>have been named as\u00a0HM Trade Commissioners.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cabinet Office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Liz Peace<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed Chair\u00a0<\/strong>of the new\u00a0Government Property Agency.\u00a0<\/strong>Mike Parsons\u00a0<\/strong>has been named\u00a0Chief Executive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

HM Treasury<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sam Beckett<\/strong>\u00a0and Claire Lombardelli\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed\u00a0Co-Heads\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0Government Economic Service<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Advisory Committee for Social Science\u00a0<\/strong>has been set up to replace the\u00a0Social Science Research Committee.\u00a0Susan Michie <\/strong>has been appointed as Chair, Julie Hill <\/strong>as Deputy Chair, <\/strong>and George Gaskell, Spencer Henson, John McTernan, Julie Barnett, Hannah Lambie-Mumford, Dan Rigby <\/strong>and Seda Erdem<\/strong> as members.<\/p>\n

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

Liz Kendall<\/strong> has replaced\u00a0Clive Lewis\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the Science and Technology Committee.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0House returns from recess Monday 16 April 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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House of\u00a0Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The\u00a0House returns from recess Monday 16 April 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steve Dunlop\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed\u00a0Chief Executive\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0Scottish Enterprise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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