Political Updates 19 March 2018

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

  Government Departments

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Fiona Pollard and Allan Lambert have been appointed as trustees of the VisitEngland board

Rupert Gavin has been reappointed as Chair of the Historic Royal Palaces board

Sally Bolton has been appointed as a member of the UK Sport Board

Department for Transport

Alan Massey will retire as Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency 

Ministry of Justice

Russell Aguis has been appointed as an independent member of the Justice Pension Board

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lord Blencathra, Sue Hartley, Henry Robinson and Marian Spain have been appointed to the board of Natural England. Catherine Dugmore has been appointed as Chair of the Audit, Risk, Assurance Committee

Conor Colgan, James Shouler , Richard Sparey and Steve Thompson have been appointed as Beef & Lamb sector board members of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Foreign and Commonweatlh Office

Rob Macaire has been appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iran, replacing Nicholas Hopton

House of Commons

Daniel Zeichner has been added as a member of the Petitions Committee, replacing Susan Elan Jones.

     Labour Party

Debbie Abrahams has resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Margaret Greenwood has taken on the role on an interim basis

     Welsh Government

Adrian Cropton will become Auditor General for Wales in July, replacing Huw Vaughan Thomas

European Parliament

This week, the European Parliament will hold committee meetings and group meetings in Brussels.