Latest civil service & public affairs moves –August 5

UK government

• Prime Minister's Office – The Reverend Canon Dr Flora Winfield appointed as Bishop of Selby, succeeding Bishop John Thomson following his retirement. The Reverend Barry Hill appointed as Bishop of Whitby, succeeding Bishop Paul Ferguson following his retirement. 
• Department for Education: Office for Students – David Behan appointed as interim chair from 26 July. 
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Nuclear Waste Services – Liz Peace CBE appointed as chair from 1 September. 

Houses of Parliament 

House of Commons 

Committees 

Election of select committee chairs will take place on 11 September between 10am-4pm. Nominations will close at 4pm on 9 September. The election of the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee will also take place on the same timetable.  

Allocation of select committee chairs by party will be: 

• Business and Trade – Labour 
• Culture, Media and Sport – Conservative 
• Defence – Labour 
• Education – Labour 
• Energy Security and Net Zero – Labour 
• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Liberal Democrat 
• Environmental Audit – Labour 
• Foreign Affairs – Labour 
• Health and Social Care – Liberal Democrat 
• Home Affairs – Conservative 
• Housing, Communities and Local Government (renamed from Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) – Labour 
• International Development – Labour 
• Justice – Labour 
• Northern Ireland Affairs – Labour 
• Petitions – Liberal Democrat 
• Procedure – Labour 
• Public Accounts – Conservative 
• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs – Conservative 
• Science, Innovation and Technology – Labour 
• Scottish Affairs – Labour 
• Standards – Conservative 
• Transport – Labour 
• Treasury – Labour 
• Welsh Affairs – Labour 
• Women and Equalities – Labour 
• Work and Pensions – Labour 
• Committee of Selection – Stuart Anderson, Chris Elmore, Rebecca Harris and Mark Tami re-appointed as Members; Wendy Chamberlain, Samantha Dixon, Vicky Foxcroft, Jessica Morden and Jeff Smith appointed as Members. 

House of Lords 

• Baroness Freeman of Steventon and Lord Tarassenko were introduced in the House of Lords on 29 July. 
• Baroness Jolly (Lib Dem, life peer) retired from the House of Lords on 31 July. 
• Lord Warner (Crossbench, life peer) retired from the House of Lords on 1 August. 

Committees 

• Deputy chairmen of committees – Lord Ashton of Hyde, Baroness Barker, Lord Beith, Baroness Bull, Viscount Colville of Culross, Lord Duncan of Springbank, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Fookes, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Lord Geddes, Lord Haskel, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, Earl of Kinnoull, Lord Lexden, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, Baroness Morris of Bolton, Baroness Newlove, Baroness Pitkeathley, Lord Russell of Liverpool, Baroness Scott of Needham Market, Viscount Stansgate, Lord Stoneham of Droxford, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock, Baroness Williams of Trafford and Lord Young of Cookham re-appointed as deputy chairmen of committees. 
• Built Environment – Lord Moylan reappointed as chair; Baroness Andrews, Lord Bailey of Paddington, Baroness Eaton, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, Lord Greenhalgh, Viscount Hanworth, Baroness Janke, Lord Mair, Lord Mawson, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer and Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe reappointed as members. 
• Communications and Digital – Baroness Stowell of Beeston reappointed as chair; Lord Dunlop, Lord Hall of Birkenhead, Baroness Harding of Winscombe, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, Lord Kamall, Lord Knight of Weymouth, Bishop of Leeds, Lord McNally, Baroness Primarolo, Lord Storey, Baroness Wheatcroft and Lord Young of Norwood Green reappointed as members. 
• Constitution – Baroness Drake reappointed as chair; Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Baroness Andrews, Lord Beith, Lord Burnett of Maldon, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Baroness Finn, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, Baroness Goldie, Lord Keen of Elie, Lord Strathclyde and Lord Thomas of Gresford reappointed as members. 
• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform – Lord McLoughlin reappointed as chair; Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Chakrabarti, Lord Cunningham of Felling, Lord Finlay of Llandaff, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Baroness Humphreys, Earl of Lindsay and Lord Rooker reappointed as members. 
• Economic Affairs – Lord Bridges of Headley reappointed as chair; Lord Blackwell, Lord Burns, Lord Davies of Brixton, Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Lord Layard, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Lord Londesborough, Lord Razzall, Lord Rooker, Lord Turnbull, Lord Verjee and Baroness Wolf of Dulwich reappointed as members. 
• Environment and Climate Change – Baroness Sheehan reappointed as chair; Baroness Bakewell, Baroness Bray of Coln, Lord Duncan of Springbank, Lord Frost, Lord Giddens, Lord Grantchester, Earl of Leicester, Lord Ravensdale, Earl Russell, Lord Trees and Baroness Whitaker reappointed as members; Lord Jay of Ewelme added; Duke of Wellington discharged. 
• European Affairs – Lord Ricketts reappointed as chair; Lord Adonis, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Baroness Blackstone, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, Baroness Lawlor, Baroness Ludford, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Baroness Scott of Needham Market and Lord Stirrup reappointed as members; Duke of Wellington added; Lord Jay of Ewelme discharged. 
• Financial Services Regulation – Lord Forsyth of Drumlean reappointed as chair; Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, Baroness Donaghy, Lord Eatwell, Lord Grabiner, Lord Hill of Oareford, Lord Hollick, Lord Kestenbaum, Lord Lilley, Baroness Noakes, Sharkey, Lord Smith of Kelvin and Lord Vaux of Harrowden re-appointed as members. 
• Food, Diet and Obesity – Baroness Walmsley reappointed as chair; Baroness Boycott, Baroness Brooke of Alverthorpe, Baroness Browning, Earl of Caithness, Lord Colgrain, Baroness Goudie, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, Lord Krebs, Baroness Pitkeathley, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick and Baroness Suttie re-appointed as members. 
• Hybrid Instruments – Lord Addington, Lord Dykes, Lord Grantchester and Baroness Jenkin of Kennington re-appointed as members. 
• Industry and Regulators – Baroness Taylor of Bolton reappointed as chair; Lord Agnew of Oulton, Lord Altrincham, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, Lord Best, Viscount Chandos, Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Cromwell, Lord Gilbert of Panteg, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway, Viscount Thurso and Viscount Trenchard re-appointed as members. 
• International Agreements – Lord Goldsmith reappointed as chair; Lord Anderson of Swansea, Lord Boateng, Lord Etherton, Lord Fox, Lord German, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, Lord Howell of Guildford, Baroness Kingsmill, Lord Marland and Lord Udny-Lister reappointed as members. 
• International Relations and Defence – Lord de Mauley added as chair; Lord Alderdice, Bruce of Bennachie, Baroness Coussins, Baroness Crawley, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, Lord Grocott, Lord Houghton of Richmond, Baroness Morris of Bolton, Lord Soames of Fletching and Lord Wood of Anfield re-appointed as members; Lord Ashton of Hyde and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen discharged. 
• Justice and Home Affairs – Lord Foster of Bath reappointed as chair; Lord Bach, Baroness Buscombe, Lord Dubs, Lord Filkin, Lord Henley, Baroness Hughes of Stretford, Lord McInnes of Kilwinning, Baroness Meacher, Baroness Prashar, Lord Sandhurst and Lord Tope reappointed as members. 
• Modern Slavery Act 2015 – Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway reappointed as chair; Baroness Barker, Bishop of Bristol, Baroness Butler-Sloss, Baroness Hamwee, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Kempsell, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, Lord Smith of Hindhead, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Lord Watts and Lord Whitty reappointed as members. 
• Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) – Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Lord Haskel, Lord Ravensdale and Lord Winston reappointed as board members. 
• Preterm Birth – Lord Patel reappointed as chair; Baroness Blackstone, Viscount Colville of Culross, Baroness Cumberlege, Lord Hampton, Baroness Hughes of Stretford, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, Baroness Seccombe, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock, Lord Winston and Baroness Wyld reappointed as members. 
• Public Services – Baroness Morris of Yardley reappointed as chair; Lord Bach, Lord Blencathra, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, Lord Carter of Coles, Lord Laming, Lord Mott, Lord Porter of Spalding, Lord Prentis of Leeds, Lord Shipley, Baroness Stedman-Scott and Lord Willis of Knaresborough re-appointed as members. 
• Science and Technology – Baroness Brown of Cambridge reappointed as chair; Lord Berkeley, Lord Borwick, Lord Drayson, Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall, Baroness Neuberger, Baroness Neville-Jones, Baroness Northover, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Viscount Stansgate, Lord Strasburger, Lord Wei, Baroness Willis of Summertown and Baroness Young of Old Scone reappointed as members. 
• Secondary Legislation Scrutiny – Lord Hunt of Wirral reappointed as chair; Lord de Mauley, Baroness Harris of Richmond, Baroness Lea of Lymm, Lord Powell of Bayswater, Baroness Randerson, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, Lord Rowlands, Lord Russell of Liverpool, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Lord Watson of Wyre Forest reappointed as members. 
• Standing Orders (Private Bills) – Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Lord Geddes, Lord Jones, Lord McColl of Dulwich, Lord Naseby and Baroness Thomas of Winchester reappointed as members. 
• Statutory Inquiries – Lord Norton of Louth reappointed as chair; Lord Aberdare, Lord Addington, Baroness Berridge, Baroness Chakrabarti, Lord Davidson of Glen Clova, Baroness D'Souza, Lord Faulks, Lord Grantchester, Lord Hendy, Baroness Sanderson of Welton and Lord Wallace of Tankerness reappointed as members. 

Political parties

Conservatives 

List of candidates for the leadership election: 

• Kemi Badenoch MP 
• James Cleverly MP 
• Robert Jenrick MP 
• Priti Patel MP 
• Mel Stride MP 
• Tom Tugendhat MP 

Result will announced on 2 November. 

Devolved administrations

Welsh Government 

• Dr Susannah Bolton appointed as independent external chair to oversee the statutory review of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021. A final report and recommendations from the review to Welsh Ministers are expected by the end of March 2025. 

Local authorities

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• Angus Council – Beth Whiteside to stand down as council leader. 
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – Millie Earl appointed as council leader. 
• Camden Council – Richard Olszewski appointed as council leader. 
• Flintshire Council – Ian Robertson stood down as council leader. 
• Lancashire County Council – Mark Wynn appointed as interim chief executive from 1 August. 
• Neath Port Talbot Council – Frances O’Brien appointed as chief executive. 
• Wiltshire Council – Lucy Townsend appointed as chief executive from August. 

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