{"id":125900,"date":"2019-10-29T14:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=125900"},"modified":"2019-10-31T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:07:00","slug":"political-updates-28-october-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-28-october-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 28th October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>This week\u2019s\u00a0Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"154\" \/> <\/a><strong>Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is welcoming two directors:<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Graeme Tunbridge<\/strong> has been appointed interim Director of Devices.<br \/>\n\u2022<strong> Dr Sarah Branch<\/strong> has been appointed interim Director of Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines (VRMM).<br \/>\n<strong>Joanne Freeman<\/strong> has been appointed the role of British Consul General to Queensland and Northern Territory.<br \/>\n<strong>Mr Neil Crompton<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in succession to Mr Simon Collis CMG.<br \/>\nThe Secretary of State has today announced the reappointments of members to the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA):<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Carol Fitzsimons MBE<\/strong> (originally appointed on 5 December 2016),<strong> Kathleen O\u2019Hare<\/strong>, and <strong>Leslie Caul OBE<\/strong> (both originally appointed on 26 October 2015) have been reappointed for a further term of four years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-1030x521.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-1500x759.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-705x357.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-450x228.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-500x253.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><strong>National Assembly for Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Appointment of <strong>Luke Sibieta<\/strong> \u2013 Response to CYPE Committee inquiry into school funding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/House-of-Commons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-120350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/House-of-Commons-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a> House of Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mel Stride<\/strong> was elected as Chair of the Treasury Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie Stone<\/strong> replaced Christine Jardine as a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kate Green<\/strong> discharged as a member of the European Scrutiny Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/house-of-lords-pic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/house-of-lords-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baroness Penn, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay and Baroness Sanderson<\/strong> of Welton appointed as Conservative life peers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Woolley of\u00a0 Woodford<\/strong> appointed as a Crossbench life peer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Mann<\/strong> has been appointed as a Non-affiliated Life peer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_.png 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLeader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson has announced an expanded Shadow Cabinet:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Luciana Berger<\/strong> appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Philip Lee<\/strong> appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Angela Smith<\/strong> appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Sam Gyimah<\/strong> appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week, the European Parliament is in plenary session in <strong>Strasbourg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national and, 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