Political Updates 29 October 2018

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

  Government departments

Reverend Andrew Paul Rumsey has been appointed to the Suffragan See of Ramsbury (more info).

Pippa Lambert has been appointed as a member of the Senior Salaries Review Body (more info).

Alison Stevenson has been appointed as the first Director of Overseas Bases for the Joint Forces Command at the Ministry of Defence (more info).

Andrew Moll has been appointed as the new Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents at the Department for Transport (more info).

Jerry Cope has been appointed as Interim Chair of the Prison Service Pay Review Body at the Ministry of Justice (more info).

Mr Brian Olley has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info).  

Mark Babington has been appointed Independent Governor of Westminster Foundation for Democracy at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info).

Sir David Wright and Claire Bassett have been appointed Chair and Chief Executive respectively of the new Trade Remedies Authority (more info).

       House of Commons

Ruth Cadbury has replaced Luke Pollard as a member of the Transport Committee.

Colin Clark has replaced Alister Jack as a member of the Treasury Committee.

Marion Fellows has replaced Patrick Grady as a member of the Administration Committee.

Ben Bradley has replaced Michelle Donelan as a member of the Education Committee.

Nigel Mills and Chris Davies have replaced Bim Afolami and Luke Graham as members of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Kirstene Hair has replaced Paul Masterton as a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee.

Guto Bebb has replaced Glyn Davies as a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee.

House of Lords

Lord Bew has been appointed as Chair of House of Lords Appointments Commission. Lord Evans of Weardale has been appointed Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (more info).

European Parliament

This week, the European Parliament will undertake external parliamentary activities.