Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 5 May

UK government 

• Department for Business and Trade – John Slinger MP appointed as UK trade envoy to the Republic of Korea. 
• Ministry of Defence – Ministry of Defence Police: Simon Dobinson appointed as deputy chief constable from May. UK Hydrographic Office: Mark Barclay appointed as non-executive chair. 
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  – Office for Environmental Protection: Dame Helen Ghosh appointed chair replacing Julie Hill. 
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – Nick Pickard appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Austria from July, succeeding Lindsay Skoll who will become principal of Jesus College, Oxford University. Dawn McKen appointed as Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from August, succeeding Julian Reilly who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Nerys Jones appointed as Ambassador to Montenegro from August, succeeding Dawn McKen who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Stephen Hickey appointed as Ambassador to the Italian Republic and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino from June, succeeding Lord Llewellyn of Steep who transferred to a new appointment as FCDO political director and director-general political. 
• Department of Health and Social Care – Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Jason Bonander appointed as chief digital and technology officer. 
• Ministry of Justice – Lord Justice Snowden appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court. Civil Justice Council: Andrew Brookes appointed as housing nember for three years; Naomi Creutzfeldt appointed academic member for three years; Frances Harrison appointed consumer member for three years; Owain James appointed Welsh representative member for three years; Jane Portas appointed insurance member for three years; Tim Sawyer appointed small and medium-sized enterprises member for three years; Nigel Teasdale appointed solicitor member for three years. Criminal Cases Review Commission:  Joelle Black, Maxine Cole, Jared Ficklin, Andrew Hoyle, James Lucas and Martha Spurrier appointed as commissioners for three years until 6 April 2029. 
• HM Treasury – Financial Conduct Authority: Jonathan Peddie and Raymond Cox KC appointed as members of the Regulatory Decisions Committee. Government Internal Audit Agency: Andy Brittain appointed as interim chief executive. 

Houses of Parliament 

House of Commons 

• Committees – House of Commons Commission: Elizabeth Honer appointed as external member for three years from 1 May; Nicholas Ong-Seng appointed as external member for three years from 1 October. 

House of Lords 

 

• Lord Fellowes of West Stafford (Con) retired from the Lords on 28 April. 
• Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB) died on 29 April. 
• Hereditary peers excluded from the Lords on 29 April: Lord Altrincham (Con), Earl of Arran (Con), Lord Ashcombe (Con), Lord Ashton of Hyde (CB), Viscount Astor (Con), Lord Bethell (Con), Lord Borwick (Con), Viscount Brookeborough (CB), Earl of Caithness (Con), Lord Camoys (Con), Viscount Camrose (Con), Lord Carrington (CB), Earl Cathcart (Con), Earl of Clancarty (CB), Lord Colgrain (Con), Viscount Colville of Culross (CB), Earl of Cork and Orrery (CB), Earl of Courtown (Con), Lord Crathorne (Con), Lord Cromwell (CB), Lord De Clifford (CB), Lord de Mauley (Con), Earl of Devon (CB), Earl of Dundee (Con), Viscount Eccles (Con), Earl of Effingham (Con), Earl of Erroll (CB), Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Con), Lord Freyberg (CB), Lord Geddes (Con), Earl of Glasgow (Lib Dem), Lord Glenarthur (Con), Viscount Goschen (Con), Lord Grantchester (Lab), Lord Greenway (CB), Lord Hacking (Lab), Lord Hampton (CB), Viscount Hanworth (Lab), Lord Harlech (Con) ,Lord Henley (Con), Earl Howe (Con),Lord Inglewood (CB), Earl of Leicester (Con), Earl of Lindsay (Con), Lord Londesborough (CB), Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall (Con), Lord Mancroft (Con), Lord Meston (CB), Earl of Minto (Con), Duke of Montrose (Con), Lord Mountevans (CB), Lord Moynihan (Con), Duke of Norfolk (CB), Lord Northbrook (Non-Affiliated), Earl of Oxford and Asquith (CB), Earl Peel (CB), Lord Ravensdale (CB), Lord Reay (Con), Lord Remnant (Con), Lord Roborough (Con), Earl of Rosslyn (CB), Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB), Lord Sandhurst (Con), Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford (Con), Duke of Somerset (CB), Earl of Stair (CB), Viscount Stansgate (Lab), Lord Strathcarron (Non-Affiliated), Lord Strathclyde (Con), Lord Thurlow (CB), Viscount Thurso (Lib Dem), Viscount Trenchard (Con), Lord Trevethin and Oaksey (CB), Lord Vaux of Harrowden (CB), Duke of Wellington (CB), Lord Wrottesley (Con) and Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con). 
• Lord Curry of Kirkharle (CB), Baroness Eccles of Moulton (Con) and Baroness Lea of Lymm (Con) retired from the Lords on 30 April.
• Committees: Audit and Risk Assurance Committee – Lord Cromwell, Lord De Clifford and Viscount Thurso discharged. British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly – Lord Wrottesley discharged. Built Environment Committee – Viscount Hanworth, Lord Ravensdale and Viscount Younger of Leckie discharged. Communications and Digital Committee – Viscount Colville of Culross discharged. Conduct Committee – Earl of Devon discharged. Constitution Committee – Lord Strathclyde discharged as chair. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee – Viscount Goschen discharged. Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee – Lord Russell of Liverpool discharged. Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c, Bills – Viscount Eccles and Viscount Hanworth discharged. Ecclesiastical Committee – Earl of Cork and Orrery  and Lord Glenarthur discharged. Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-committee – Lord Altrincham discharged. Environment and Climate Change Committee – Lord Ashcombe, Earl of Leicester and Lord Mancroft discharged. European Affairs Committee – Lord Grantchester and Duke of Wellington discharged. Finance Committee – Earl of Courtown discharged. Financial Services Regulation Committee – Lord Vaux of Harrowden discharged. Hybrid Instruments Committee – Lord Grantchester discharged. Industry and Regulators Committee – Lord de Mauley, Viscount Thurso and Viscount Trenchard discharged. Justice and Home Affairs Committee – Lord Henley discharged. Liaison Committee – Earl Howe discharged. Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee – Lord Inglewood discharged. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Board – Lord Ravensdale discharged. Procedure and Privileges Committee – Viscount Goschen, Earl Howe and Lord Mancroft discharged; Lord Harlech, Lord Russell of Liverpool and Lord Vaux of Harrowden discharged as alternate members. Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee – Lord Sandhurst and Viscount Stansgate discharged. Restoration and Renewal Programme Board – Lord Vaux of Harrowden discharged. Retirement and Participation Committee – Lord Strathclyde discharged. Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee – Lord Bethell and Earl of Lindsay discharged. Selection Committee – Lord Geddes discharged. Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee – Lord Geddes discharged. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments – Lord Meston discharged. Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art – Earl of Clancarty, Lord Crathorne and Lord de Mauley discharged. 

Devolved administrations 

Scottish Government 

• New Education Scotland – Donna McMaster appointed as chief executive. 

Local Authorities 

Councils 

• East Hampshire District Council – Dawn Adey appointed as chief executive from June, replacing Gill Kneller. 

Combined Authorities 

• Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority – Ruth Adams appointed as interim chief executive. 

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