John Hutton
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Background
John Hutton (Lord Hutton of Furness) was Labour MP for Barrow and Furness between April 1992 and April 2010. He entered the House of Lords on 1 July 2010. [1]
Hutton was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, in Essex, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a law lecturer at Northumbria University, before being elected the MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. He is a friend and former flatmate of key Blair ally Alan Milburn. He was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2007.[2]
Pro-Nuclear Defender
Seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme.[3] Described by The Times as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet.[4]
In June 2011 Hutton took over as Chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association following the end of Lord Martin O’Neill’s three-year tenure in the role.[5]
Register of MP Interests
Affiliations
Hutton became a member of the advisory board of Hyperion Power Generation in July 2010[5]
He also became an adviser to lobbying firm APCO Worldwide in August 2010.
Lord Hutton was invited by the coalition government to Chair a Commission on public service pensions, with its final report being published in March 2011. [6]
References
- ↑ They Work For You Lord Hutton of Furness, accessed 20 October 2010.
- ↑ BBC News "Profile: John Hutton", November 3, 2005.
- ↑ BBC News "John Hutton", February 10, 2005
- ↑ "The Nuclear Cabinet", The Times, November 23, 2005; not accessable online
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 'PEOPLE MOVES' - June 2011 edition, Public Affairs News, 9 June 2011
- ↑ HM Treasury, Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, undated, accessed 9 May 2012
