Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

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The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments describes itself as "an independent body which provides advice to the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, or other Ministers if requested, on applications from the most senior Crown servants who wish to take up outside appointments within 2 years of leaving Crown service." [1]

History

The committee was set up in 1975 to advise the prime minister on applications by the most senior Crown Servants to take up appointments outside government. [2]

Personnel

The current members of the committee are:

The secretariat is provided by the Cabinet Office, who sponsor the Advisory Committee as an advisory non-departmental public body. [3]

Notes

  1. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Home Page Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 12/02/2010
  2. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: About Us [1], accessed 12/02/2010
  3. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: About Us [2], accessed 12/02/2010