Political Updates 6th August 2018

  Government Departments

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

Claire Evans has been appointed British High Commissioner to Belize at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info).

Lord Blencathra has been appointed Deputy Chair of Natural England at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (more info).

George Lyon and Paul Temple have been reappointed to The Agriculture And Horticulture Development Board at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (more info).

Katrina Nevin-Ridley has been named as Director of External Relations, Communications and Public Engagement of UK Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (more info). 

House of Commons

Karin Smyth has been appointed as Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland. She remains as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.

Luke Pollard has been appointed Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities as maternity cover for Holly Lynch.

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

House of Lords

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

 Northern Ireland Government 

Miceal McCoy has been reappointed as Chair of the Board of National Museums NI at the Department for Communities. Michael Catto, Garth Earls, Hazel Francey, Leon Litvack, George McIlroy, Catherine Molloy and Margaret Ward have been reappointed as members (more info).