Political Updates 14th August 2017

This week’s Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government. 

  Government Departments

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• Richard Oirschot, Mary Chapman and William Trower have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the Insolvency Service.

Department of Health

• Michael Rawlins has been reappointed Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  
• Joyce Bridges, Carol Marlow, Eric Reynolds and Gerald Russel have been reappointed as Trustees of the Royal Museums Greenwich.

• The House of Commons is in recess. The House will return on Tuesday 5th September.

•  The House of Lords is in recess. The House will return on Tuesday 5th September.

Devolved Institutions

 Scottish Parliament

• The Scottish Parliament is in recess until Tuesday 5 September.

 Welsh Assembly

• The Welsh Assembly is in recess until Monday 18th September.

• The European Parliament is in recess until Monday 21st August.