People Moves 6-13 December

Houses of Parliament:

House of Commons

Backbench Business Committee – Martin Vickers added; Wendy Morton discharged.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Damian Hinds added; Mims Davies discharged.

Liaison Committee – Meg Hillier appointed as Chair.

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee – Jon Pearce added; Josh Simons discharged.

Treasury Committee – John Grady added; Lucy Rigby discharged.

House of Commons Commission – Jesse Norman added; Chris Philp discharged.

Restoration and Renewal Client Board – Jesse Norman added; Chris Philp discharged.

Restoration and Renewal Programme Board – Jesse Norman and Lucy Powell added.

Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament – Peter Dowd, Richard Foord, John Hayes, Jessica Morden, Derek Twigg and Jeremy Wright appointed as Members.

Delegations to Parliamentary Assemblies

UK delegation to the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly – Marsha de Cordova appointed as Leader and Co-Chair; Sarah Bool and Lord Ricketts appointed as Vice-chairs; Catherine Atkinson, Lord Bach, Alex Ballinger, Matt Bishop, Baroness Bull, Baroness Crawley, Stella Creasy, Baroness Donaghy, Catherine Fookes, Ashley Fox, Lord Frost, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Mark Hendrick, Uma Kumaran, Katie Lam, Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Noah Law, Lord Liddle, Baroness Ludford, James MacCleary, Frank McNally, Baroness Mobarik, Abtisam Mohamed, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Steve Race, Shivani Raja, Connor Rand, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, Peter Swallow, Robin Swann, Lord Teverson and Caroline Voaden appointed as Members.

UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE – Sharon Hodgson appointed as Leader; Baroness Blower, Colum Eastwood, Lord Hannett of Everton, Mark Hendrick, Rupa Huq, Mike Martin, Anneliese Midgley, Jon Pearce, Mark Pritchard, Lord Smith of Hindhead, John Whittingdale and Baroness Winterton of Doncaster appointed as Members.

UK Government:

Prime Minister's Office

The Reverend Canon Esther Prior appointed as Bishop of Aston, succeeding The Right Reverend Anne Hollinghurst following her resignation and appointment as Principal of the Queens Foundation.

The Venerable Luke Irvine-Capel appointed as Bishop of Richborough, succeeding The Right Reverend Norman Banks following his retirement.

The Right Reverend David Williams appointed as Bishop of Truro, succeeding The Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen following his translation to the See of Winchester.

Lady Elish Angiolini LT DBE PC KC appointed as His Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2025.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Imperial War Museum – Air Marshal Edward Stringer re-appointed as RAF Trustee for four years until 31 October 2028.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

David Smith MP appointed as the UK's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy – Duncan Hames and Iain Wright appointed as Independent Governors for three years.

Department of Health and Social Care

UK Caldicott Guardian Council – Dr George Fernie appointed as Chair.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – Alina Lourie re-appointed as Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for three years from 1 April 2025; Dr Mark Chakravarty and Dr Justin Whatling re-appointed as Non-executive Directors for four years from 1 April 2025; Jackie Fielding re-appointed as Non-executive Director for three years from 1 April 2025; Professor Bee Wee and re-appointed as Non-executive Director for three years.

Home Office

National Crime Agency – Baroness Hodge of Barking appointed as UK's Anti-Corruption Champion.

Ministry of Justice

Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody – Kate Eves and Andrew Harris appointed as Members for three years.

Prison Service Pay Review Body – Judith Gillespie re-appointed as Member from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2025; Peter Dawson and Ken Mayhew appointed as Members for five years from 3 December until 2 December 2029.

Non-Ministerial Departments

Ofqual – Dr Susan Tranter appointed as Chair of the Board for three years in early 2025.

Devolved Administrations:

Scottish Government

Community Justice Scotland Board – Catherine Dyer CBE re-appointed as Chair for three years from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2027.

Scottish Ministerial Code – Claire Loftus, Sir John Manzoni and Sir Ernest Ryder appointed as Independent Advisers.

Skills Development Scotland – Elizabeth Corcoran, Nazim Hamid and Christine Pollock re-appointed as Members of the Board from 15 January 2025 until 14 January 2026; Carol Evans re-appointed as Member of the Board from 22 January 2025 until 21 January 2026.

Welsh Parliament

Reform Bill Committee – Alun Davies added; Sarah Murphy discharged.

Northern Ireland Executive

Business Services Organisation – Julie Erskine’s term as Chair extended until 30 November 2025; Robert Bannon and Professor Dorothy Whittington term’s as Non-executive (Lay) Members extended until 30 November 2025.

Education Authority – Mervyn Storey appointed as Chair of the Board from 1 January 2025.

South Eastern Regional College – Gráinne McVeigh appointed as Member of the Governing Body for four years from 10 December; Deborah O’Hare, Dr Danny McConnell, Alan McCrum, Darren Stewart and Derek Wilson re-appointed as Members of the Governing Body for four years from 10 December; Majella Corrigan re-appointed as Member of the Governing Body for four years from 1 April 2025.

Local Authorities:

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Edinburgh City Council – Cammy Day to stand down as Council Leader immediately.

Enfield Council – Ian Davis to stand down as Chief Executive; Davis will be joining Lambeth Council as its new Chief Executive.

Moray Council –? Karen Greaves BEM appointed as Chief Executive from spring 2025.

Wrexham County Borough Council –Ian Bancroft to stand down as Chief Executive on 31 December.