People Moves 18-25 October

Houses of Parliament:

House of Commons

Backbench Business Committee – Wendy Morton added.

Business and Trade Committee – Antonia Bance, John Cooper, Sarah Edwards, Sonia Kumar, Alison Griffiths, Gregor Poynton, Matt Western and Rosie Wrighting added.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Bayo Alaba, Mims Davies, James Frith, Rupa Huq, Natasha Irons, Jo Platt, Tom Rutland and Paul Waugh added.

Defence Committee – Calvin Bailey, Alex Baker, Lincoln Jopp, Emma Lewell-Buck, Jesse Norman, Michelle Scrogham, Fred Thomas and Derek Twigg added.

Education Committee – Jess Asato, Sureena Brackenridge, Caroline Johnson, Amanda Martin, Darren Paffey, Mark Sewards, Patrick Spencer and Marie Tidball added.

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee – Polly Billington, Christopher Chope, Torcuil Crichton, Josh MacAlister, Annaliese Midgley, Julie Minns, Luke Murphy and Bradley Thomas added.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee – Sarah Bool and Charlie Dewhirst added.

Foreign Affairs Committee – Aphra Brandreth, Dan Carden, Claire Hazelgrove, Uma Kumaran, Blair McDougall, Abtisam Mohamed, Matthew Patrick and John Whittingdale added.

Health and Social Care Committee – Danny Beales, Ben Coleman, Beccy Cooper, Deirdre Costigan, Jen Craft, Josh Fenton-Glynn, Paulette Hamilton, Joe Robertson and Gregory Stafford added.

Home Affairs Committee – Shaun Davies, Robbie Moore, Margaret Mullane, Chris Murray, Connor Rand, Joani Reid, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Jake Richards added.

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee – Mike Amesbury, Lewis Cocking, Chris Curtis, Maya Ellis, Naushabah Khan, Gagan Mohindra, Joe Powell and Sarah Smith added.

International Development Committee – Noah Law, Gordon McKee, Sam Rushworth, David Taylor, Laura Kyrke-Smith, Alice Macdonald, David Mundell and David Reed added.

Justice Committee – Alex Barros-Curtis, Pam Cox, Linsey Farnsworth, Ashley Fox, Warinder Juss, Sarah Russell, Neil Shastri-Hurst and Mike Tapp added.

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – Alicia Kearns and Jerome Mayhew added.

Committee of Public Accounts – Peter Fortune and Rebecca Paul added.

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee – Emily Darlington, George Freeman, Allison Gardner, Kit Malthouse, Steve Race, Josh Simons, Lauren Sullivan and Adam Thompson added.

Scottish Affairs Committee – Harriet Cross and Jack Rankin added.

Transport Committee – Katie Lam and Rebecca Smith added.

Treasury Committee – Harriett Baldwin, Rachel Blake, John Glen, Siobhain McDonagh, Lola McEvoy, Lucy Rigby, Jeevun Sandher and Yuan Yang added.

Work and Pensions Committee – Johanna Baxter, Neil Coyle, Damien Egan, Gill German, Amanda Hack and David Pinto-Duschinsky added.

Independent Expert Panel – Sir Adrian Fulford appointed as Chair from 25 November; Lyndsey de Mestre, Andrew Hoyle and Wendy Williams CBE appointed as Members from 25 November.

House of Lords

The Bishop of Peterborough entered the Lords on 18 October.

Lord Hanningfield (Non-affiliated) died on 20 October.

Liaison Committee – Lord Purvis of Tweed added; Baroness Walmsley discharged.

UK Government:

Cabinet Office

Council of the Duchy of Lancaster – Alastair Martin appointed as Chief Executive and Clerk from 4 November.

Infected Blood Compensation Authority – Sir Rob Behrens, Gillian Fairfield, Russell Frith, Deborah Harris-Ugbomah, Helen Parker and Paula Sussex appointed as Non-executive Directors.

Mission Delivery Unit – Clara Swinson appointed as Second Permanent Secretary from late October.

Ministry of Defence

Independent Medical Expert Group – Dr Louisa Murdin re-appointed as Member for three years until 30 September 2027.

North East Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee – Gordon Crosthwaite, Stuart Crozier, Christopher Tearney, Richard Tucker, Neil Tully, Shirley Wilson and Guy Wynne-Jones appointed as Members for three years until 3 March 2027.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change Committee – Emma Pinchbeck appointed as Chief Executive from 11 November.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ruth Davis OBE appointed as the first Special Representative for Nature.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Irfan Siddiq OBE appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq from March 2025, succeeding Stephen Hitchen who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission – Sir Julian Hartley appointed as Chief Executive.

NHS Business Services Authority – Sue Douthwaite re-appointed as Chair for three years from 1 April 2025.

Home Office

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner – John Tuckett re-appointed as Immigration Services Commissioner for five years.

Police Remuneration Review Body and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body – Zoë Billingham re-appointed as Chair for three years from 13 January 2025.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rushanara Ali MP’s ministerial role title changed to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy, previously it was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness.

Alex Norris MP’s ministerial role title changed to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety, previously it was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth.

Mo Baines appointed as Lead Non-executive Director of the MHCLG Board from 21 October.

Ministry of Justice

Sir Robin Spencer appointed as Independent Assessor of Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice for five years, succeeding Dame Linda Dobbs DBE.

Judicial Pension Board – Kim Brown and Josephine Maguire re-appointed as Independent Members for three years from 1 May 2025 until 30 April 2028; Russell Agius re-appointed as Independent Member for three years from 5 September 2025 until 4 September 2028.

Parole Board – Heidi Leavesley, Rob McKeon, Celeste Myrie and Emma Pusill appointed as Independent Members for five years.

Department for Transport

Vehicle Certification Agency – Richard Judge appointed as Chair.

HM Treasury

Government Actuary’s Department – Les Philpott re-appointed as Non-executive Director and Management Board Chair for three years until September 2027.

National Infrastructure Commission – Sir John Armitt’s term as Chair extended for six months until 18 July 2025.

Non-Ministerial Departments

Government Property Agency – Anna Strongman appointed as Non-executive Director.

HM Revenue and Customs – Mike Bracken and Bill Dodwell appointed to the Board.

Parties:

Scottish National Party

Carol Beattie appointed as Acting Chief Executive.

Devolved Administrations:

Welsh Government

Sir Jon Cunliffe appointed as Chair of an Independent Water Commission.

Northern Ireland Assembly

Assembly and Executive Review Committee – John Stewart added.

Public Accounts Committee – Colin Crawford added; John Stewart discharged.

Local Authorities:

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Basildon Borough Council – Gary Jones appointed as Chief Executive.

Tameside Council – Ged Cooney to stand down as Council Leader immediately.