{"id":117552,"date":"2018-09-11T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117552&preview=true&preview_id=117552"},"modified":"2018-09-11T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:46:42","slug":"political-updates-10-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-10-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 10 September 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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Lord Prior<\/strong>\u00a0has been named as the new Chair of NHS England, replacing Sir Malcolm Grant (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Amanda Calvert<\/strong>,\u00a0Anne-Toni Rodgers<\/strong>,\u00a0Barbara Bannister<\/strong>,\u00a0Bruce Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Stephen Lightfoot<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as non-executive directors of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sheldon Mills<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Director of Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Catherine Armour<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed director of customer division at the Ministry of Defence (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sir Geoffrey Adams<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, replacing John Casson. He will take up the role in September 2018 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Melanie Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe. She will take up the role in January 2019 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tim Torlot<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, replacing Chris Allan. He will take up the role in summer 2019 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Alastair Clifton<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as the new Head of Media, Campaigns and Planning at HM Land Registry (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dr Andrew Waller<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Harriet Kemp<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as members of the School Teachers\u2019 Review Body (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Helen Birchenough\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed South West Area Chair of Arts Council England for a term of four years, starting on 5th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2018 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

John Booth<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a Trustee of the Tate for a term of four years (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) appointments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Chalk<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock (previously PPS at Department for Education) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Alister Jack<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Baroness Evans of Bowes Park as Leader of the House of Lords (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Bim Afolami<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Department for Transport (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

David Morris<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Damian Hinds as Secretary of State for Education (previously to Caroline Nokes as Minister of State for Immigration) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Huw Merriman<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in HM Treasury (previously PPS to Esther McVey as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

James Cartlidge<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Jeremy Hunt as Foreign Secretary (previously to Jeremy Hunt as Secretary of State for Health) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jack Brereton<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Department for Education (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Julian Knight<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Department for Work and Pensions (previously Team PPS in the Ministry of Justice) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Leo Docherty<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Luke Graham<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Cabinet Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Luke Hall<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Brandon Lewis as Conservative Party Chair (previously to Baroness Evans of Bowes Park as Leader of the House of Lords) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Neil O\u2019Brien<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Paul Masterton<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Home Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ranil Jayawardena<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Ministry of Justice (previously Team PPS in the Department for Work and Pensions) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Simon Hoare<\/strong>\u00a0as PPS to Home Secretary Sajid Javid (previously to Damian Hinds as Secretary of State for Education) (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Vicky Ford<\/strong>\u00a0as Team PPS in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Chris Heaton-Harris<\/strong>\u00a0has been discharged from the Selection Committee and\u00a0Craig Whittaker<\/strong>\u00a0has been added as a member (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Kevin Barron<\/strong>\u00a0has announced that he will stand down from his role as chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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House of Lords<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Baroness Blood<\/strong>\u00a0(Labour, Life Peer) retired on 4th<\/sup>\u00a0September (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lord Northbourne<\/strong>\u00a0(Crossbench, Hereditary Peer) retired on 4th<\/sup>\u00a0September (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Baroness Drake<\/strong>,\u00a0Baroness Kramer<\/strong>,\u00a0Baroness Noakes<\/strong>,\u00a0Lord Hollick<\/strong>,\u00a0Lord Hutton of Furness<\/strong>,\u00a0Lord Lee of Trafford<\/strong>,\u00a0Lord Leigh of Hurley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Lord Turnbull<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as members of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee.\u00a0Lord Forsyth of Drumlean<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as Chair (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lord Pendry<\/strong>\u00a0has resigned from the Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee, and\u00a0Baroness Bakewell<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as a member (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Scottish Government<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Lochhead<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Scottish Parliament<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Angela Constance<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Fulton MacGregor on the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Annabelle Ewing<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Mairi Gougeon, and\u00a0Kenneth Gibson<\/strong>has been appointed to replace Richard Lochhead on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Annabelle Ewing<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Jenny Gilruth, and\u00a0James Dornan<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Bob Doris on the Local Government and Communities Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Bill Kidd<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Tom Arthur, Gil Paterson appointed to replace Clare Haughey and Maureen Watt appointed to replace David Torrance on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

David Torrance<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Rona Mackay on the Public Petitions Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Gillian Martin<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Alex Neil on the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Keith Brown<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Kate Forbes, and\u00a0David Torrance<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Ash Denham on the Health and Sport Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mark Ruskell<\/strong>\u00a0has replaced Patrick Harvie as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Maureen Watt<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Kate Forbes on the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Rona Mackay<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Richard Lochhead,\u00a0Jenny Gilruth<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Gillian Martin,\u00a0Alasdair Allan<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace George Adam, and\u00a0Clare Adamson<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace James Dornan on the Education and Skills Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ruth Maguire<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Christina McKelvie on the Equalities and Human Rights Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Shona Robison<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Mairi Gougeon, and\u00a0Fulton MacGregor<\/strong>has been appointed to replace Ben Macpherson on the Justice Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Shona Robison<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Ben Macpherson,\u00a0Alasdair Allan<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Ruth Maguire, and\u00a0Bob Doris<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Clare Adamson on the Social Security Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tom Arthur<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Ivan McKee, and\u00a0Angela Constance<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to replace Ash Denham on the Finance and Constitution Committee\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Welsh Government<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Caroline Phipps<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed chair of the Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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National Assembly for Wales<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Davies<\/strong>\u00a0has been elected Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

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

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