Political Updates 30th July 2018

  Government Whips

Mark Spencer has been promoted to Comptroller of HM Household.

Andrew Stephenson has been promoted to Vice Chamberlain of HM Household.     

Mike Freer has been promoted to Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury).

Iain Stewart, Michelle Donelan and Jeremy Quin have been appointed Assistant Government Whips.

  Government Departments

Shailesh Vara has been promoted to Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. 

Shona Dunn has been appointed as Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office. (more info)

Mims Davies has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office.

Mark Worthington has been appointed as independent HS2 Construction Commissioner at the Department for Transport. (more info)

Richard Robinson has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of High Speed 2 Ltd at the Department for Transport. Michael Bradley has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. (more info)

Chris Gosden has been named as the  Society of Antiquaries trustee of the British Museum at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. (more info)

Max Hill will replace Alison Saunders as Director of Public Prosecutions at the Crown Prosecution Service. (more info)

House of Commons

Clive Efford has replaced Christian Matheson as a member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

Kate Green has replaced Naz Shah as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi and Teresa Pearce have replaced Mike Amesbury and Jo Platt as members of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.

Maria Caulfield has replaced Jack Lopresti as a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Helen Whately has been appointed as the Conservative Party Vice-Chair for Women.

Tom Pursglove has been appointed as the Conservative Party Vice-Chair for Youth.

The House of Commons will be in recess from 24 July to 4 September.

House of Lords

The House of Lords will be in recess from 24 July to 4 September.

 National Assembly for Wales

Simon Thomas has resigned as Plaid Cymru AM for Mid and West Wales.