New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs

Last week, Douglas Ross resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office | Credit: PA Images

Houses of Parliament:

House of Lords

Lord Woolmer (Labour, Life Peer) retired on 26^th May.

House of Commons

Jonathan Edwards had the Plaid Cymru Whip suspended and now sits as an Independent.

Departments of State:

Scotland Office

Douglas Ross resigned as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – Ros Rivaz appointed as Chair, replacing Tom Smith from 1^st September.

Ministry of Justice

Nicholas Hopkins has been reappointed as Law Commissioner for property, family and trust law.

HM Treasury

National Savings & Investments – Ian Ackerley reappointed as Chief Executive for three years.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Natural History Museum – Harris Bokhari and Yadvinder Malhi appointed as Trustees.

National Portrait Gallery – Mark Cecil and Chris Grayling appointed as Trustees.

UK Sport – Chris Pilling and Ismail Amla appointed as board members.

British Tourist Authority – Patrick McLoughlin appointed as Chair.

Visit England – Nick de Bois appointed as Chair.

Non-Ministerial Departments

UK Statistics Authority – Richard Dobbs and David Spiegelhalter have been appointed as non-executive board members.

Charity Commission – Nick Baker appointed as Chief Operating Officer in August.

Parties:

Labour Party

David Evans elected as the General Secretary.

Devolved Authorities:

Northern Ireland Government

Industrial Court – Barry Fitzpatrick reappointed as Acting Chair, and Robin Bell, Barbara Martin, Patrick Masterson and Patricia O’Callaghan as members.

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust – Gordon Smyth reappointed as Finance Non-Executive Director.

Northern Ireland Assembly

Justice Committee – Sinead Bradley replaced Patsy McGlone as a member.

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee – Patsy McGlone replaced Pat Catney as a member.

Local Authorities:

East Devon District Council – Paul Arnott appointed as Leader of the Council.

Industry

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Interest Groups

Mercy Ships UK – Joanne Balaam named as Acting Executive Director, replacing Lea Milligan.

MQ: Transforming Mental Health – Lea Milligan to become Chief Executive at the end of June.

Mencap – Mairi Martin appointed as Executive Director of Transformation.

Comic Relief – Eric Salama appointed as Chair.

The National Brain Appeal – Jackie Ashley appointed as Chair.