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Business Appointments
The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has
today published its annual report for 2010-11.
The report records the advice the Committee gave on the
outside appointments which were taken up in 2010-2011 by former
Ministers and senior Crown servants within two years of leaving government.
Chairman of the Committee, Lord Lang of Monkton said:
"The Committee considered a large number of
applications from former ministers in this period, as is usual
following a General Election. The advice offered to 42 former
ministers regarding 85 appointments that have been taken up is
published in this report. We also considered 63 applications from
senior level Civil Servants, 50 of which were taken up and have
been published.
" The Committee remains mindful of the approach of
successive governments that while it is in the public interest
that those with experience in government should be able to move
into business or other areas of public life, it is equally
important that in taking up an appointment there is no cause for
suspicion of impropriety. These factors have to be balanced
against the rights of individuals under human rights legislation
and restraint of trade laws to move into employment unhindered.
Our advice on cases submitted to us has sought to reflect these -
sometimes conflicting - considerations."
The report is available at http://acoba.independent.gov.uk
Notes to Editors
1. Media enquiries about the work of the Advisory Committee
on Business Appointments should go to Maggie O'Boyle on
07880 740627.
2. The Advisory Committee on Business
Appointments is a non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the
Cabinet Office. Members are appointed by the Prime Minister.
3. Advice given by the Committee on appointments taken up by
former Ministers or Crown Servants is published on the
Committee's website as soon as they are notified that a
position has been taken up.
4. The members of the Committee
are Lord Lang of Monkton (Chairman), Sir Colin Budd, independent
member, Lord (Navnit) Dholakia, Liberal Democrat member, Lord
(Gus) Macdonald of Tradeston, Labour member, Sir Hugh Stevenson,
independent member, Lord (Michael) Walker of Aldringham,
independent member. Dame Juliet Wheldon, (independent member)
stepped down from the Committee in 2011 for personal reasons.
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