{"id":115537,"date":"2018-06-12T16:26:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T15:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=115537&preview=true&preview_id=115537"},"modified":"2019-02-21T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:25:22","slug":"political-updates-12-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-12-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 12 June 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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Attorney General\u2019s Office<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lisa Osofsky<\/strong> has been appointed as Director of the Serious Fraud Office. She will take up this position from 3 September.<\/p>\n

Department for Education<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin Mcloughlin<\/strong>, Robert Williams<\/strong> and Steve Fox<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed to the Construction Industry Training Board.<\/p>\n

Dale Simon<\/strong>, Mary Gurrey<\/strong>, Karen Manners<\/strong>, Peter Sidebotham, Sarah Elliott\u00a0<\/strong>and Susan Tranter<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed members of the new Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel from 29\u00a0June.<\/p>\n

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

Charlie Mayfield<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a Trustee of the British Museum.<\/p>\n

Mike Ashley<\/strong> has been reappointed as a member of the board of the Charity Commission.<\/p>\n

Martin Daunton<\/strong>\u00a0has been reappointed to the board of Historic England.<\/p>\n

Department for Work and Pensions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ian Wilson<\/strong> has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of BPDTS Ltd.<\/p>\n

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremy Pocklington<\/strong> has been appointed to replace\u00a0Helen MacNamara<\/strong> as Director-General of Housing in September.<\/p>\n

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

Mark Rawlinson<\/strong> joined as Lead Non-Executive Board Member, Nick Campsie<\/strong> and Shirley Cooper<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed Non-Executive Board Members.<\/p>\n

Dr Phillip Lee<\/strong> has resigned from his position as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice. This is in protest at Brexit policy.<\/p>\n

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House of Commons<\/h3>\n

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Glyn Davies<\/strong>\u00a0has been discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee. James Gray<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

James Duddridge<\/strong>\u00a0has been discharged from the International Development Committee. Mark Menzies<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Sarah Champion<\/strong>\u00a0has been discharged from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Tulip Saddiq<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Tulip Siddiq<\/strong> and Rosie Duffield<\/strong>\u00a0have been discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee. Teresa Pearce<\/strong> and Sarah Champion<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

Andrew Bowie<\/strong> and Emma Dent Coad<\/strong>\u00a0have been discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee. Rosie Duffield<\/strong> and Justin Tomlinson<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

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

Lord Glentoran<\/strong> (Conservative, Hereditary Peer) retired on 1st June. A by-election to replace him will take place on a date that is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Lord Woolmer of Leeds<\/strong> has been discharged as a member of the House of Lords EU Committee.<\/p>\n

Lord Fraser of Corriegarth<\/strong> and Lord Woolmer of Leeds<\/strong> have been discharged from the EU Financial Affairs Sub-committee. Lord Giddens<\/strong> and Lord Cavendish<\/strong> have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

Baroness Chalker<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member of the House of Lords EU External Affairs Sub-committee.<\/p>\n

Lord Wei<\/strong>\u00a0has been discharged from the EU Internal Market Sub-Committee. Lord Robathan<\/strong> appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Lord Gold<\/strong> has been discharged from the EU Justice Sub-committee. Lord Wasserman<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

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Scottish Government<\/h3>\n

Simon Routh-Jones<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as Chief Inspector of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.<\/p>\n

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Welsh Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Andy Fry<\/strong> has been chosen to replace Des Tidbury as Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser for Wales from July.<\/p>\n

Hel\u00e9na Herklots<\/strong> is set to replace Sarah Rochira as the Older People\u2019s Commissioner for Wales.<\/p>\n

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

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

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