Political Updates 16th July 2018

  Government

David Davis resigned as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.

Boris Johnson resigned as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Steve Baker resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union.

Conor Burns resigned as PPS to the Foreign Secretary.

Chris Green resigned as PPS to the Secretary of State for Transport.

Jeremy Hunt has been named as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (formerly Secretary of State for Health and Social Care).

Matt Hancock has been named as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (formerly Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).

Jeremy Wright has been named as the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (formerly Attorney General).

Dominic Raab has been named as the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (formerly Minister of State for Housing).

Geoffrey Cox has been named as the Attorney General.

Kit Malthouse has been named as Minister of State for Housing (formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance).

Justin Tomlinson has been named as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions.

Chris Heaton-Harris has been named as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union (formerly Government Whip).

Andrew Griffiths resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Robert Courts resigned as PPS to the Foreign Secretary.

Scott Mann resigned as PPS to the Treasury.

  Government departments

Owen Derbyshire, Anita George and Rhodri Williams have been appointed as members of the S4C Authority at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. (more info)

Brett Wigdortz has been appointed as Chair of National Citizen Service Trust at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. (more info)

Kavita Puri has been appointed as a Trustee of Victoria and Albert Museum at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. (more info)

Rashmi Becker has been appointed to the Board as a Trustee of Sport England at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. (more info)

John Crabtree has been appointed as Chair of the 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. (more info)

Mr Chris Rampling MBE has been appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Lebanon at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. (more info)

Sir John Timpson has been appointed as Chair of the Expert Advisory Panel on High Streets at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. (more info)

Martina Milburn has been endorsed to become Chair of the Social Mobility Commission at the Cabinet Office. (more info)

Terry Morgan has been appointed as Chair of High Speed 2 Ltd at the Department for Transport. (more info)

Leslie Manasseh has been reappointed to the body of the Prison Service Pay Review Body at the Ministry of Justice. (more info)

Andy King has been appointed to be a lead member of the committee of the Office for Budget Responsibility at HM Treasury. (more info)

David Southwood has been reappointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (more info)

House of Commons

Jared O’Mara has resigned from the Labour Party.

Martyn Day has replaced Douglas Chapman as a member of the European Scrutiny Committee.

Douglas Chapman has replaced Martyn Day as a member of the Public Accounts Committee.

Ben Bradley has resigned as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Youth.

Maria Caulfield has resigned as Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Women.

Mike Amesbury has been appointed as Labour’s Shadow Employment Minister.

Jo Platt has been appointed as Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Naz Shah has been appointed as Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.

House of Lords

Conservative Lord Carrington has died.

Liberal Democrat Lord Fearn has retired.

Crossbench Baroness Boycott has entered the House of Lords as a life peer.

Crossbench Lord Anderson of Ipswich has entered the House of Lords as a life peer.

Crossbench Baroness Bull has entered the House of Lords as a life peer.

Crossbench The Earl of Devon has entered the House of Lords as a life peer.

European Parliament

This week, the European Parliament will be in Brussels for Committee meetings and Group meetings.