{"id":123870,"date":"2019-08-05T10:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=123870&preview=true&preview_id=123870"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:59:35","slug":"political-updates-5-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-5-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 5th August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"ImageUK Government\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Baroness Vere of Norbiton<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, responsible for responsible for roads, buses, taxis, freight and transport security.<\/p>\n

Diana Barran<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> Parliamentary Under Secretary for Civil Society and Lords Minister for the Deportment of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>\n

Baroness Stedman-Scot of Rolvenden OBE LD<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p>\n

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip).<\/p>\n

Lord Bethell of Romford<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> Lord in Waiting (Government Whip).<\/p>\n

Bruce McKirdy<\/strong> has announced<\/a> his retirement and will stand down as Managing Director of Radioactive Waste Management in the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Sue Scane<\/strong> has joined<\/a> the Civil Nuclear Police Authority in the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy as an independent member.<\/p>\n

Tom McCormack<\/strong> has been named<\/a> as Chief Executive of the Marine Management Organisation in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He will begin this position in September 2019.<\/p>\n

Mark Russell<\/strong> has been named<\/a> as the Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support in the Ministry of Defence. He will begin this position in November 2019.<\/p>\n

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

Dr Madeleine Havard<\/strong>, Gwynn Angell Jones<\/strong> and Sarah Hoss<\/strong> have all been appointed<\/a> to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.<\/p>\n

Edward Evans and Ian Rowat<\/strong> have been re-appointed<\/a> to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.<\/p>\n

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

Craig Tracy MP<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Andrea Leadsom<\/strong>, the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n

Alex Burghart MP<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Prime Minister Boris Jonson.<\/p>\n

James Heappey MP<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Prime Minister Boris Jonson.<\/p>\n

Jane Dodds<\/strong> has been elected<\/a> as the new MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, she will be sworn into this position in September 2019.<\/p>\n

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

Lord Faulks<\/strong> has left the Conservative Party and is now a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords. He has been appointed<\/a> Chair of the Independent Press Standards Organisation.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Scottish Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sarah Boyack<\/strong> has been elected<\/a> as the Labour MSP for Lothian.<\/p>\n

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Political Parties <\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Scottish Green Party<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lorna Slater<\/strong> and Patrick Harvie<\/strong> have been elected<\/a> as Co-Leaders of the Scottish Green Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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