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Philip Hunt (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) is a former Labour Minister of State in the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (2008-10).
Hunt describes himself as a self-employed consultant on NHS and wider health issues. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, of Birmingham in the County of West Midlands 1997. [1]
Contents
Background
- In 2010 Lord Hunt was appointed Labour's spokesman on Home Affairs in the House of Lords. He also serves as Labour's Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords. His previous positions have included Deputy Leader of the House of Lords; Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change; and Minister of State (Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Air Quality) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He has also held positions in the Department of Health, Department for Work and Pensions and Ministry of Justice. In 1997 Philip Hunt was raised to the peerage as Baron Hunt of Kings Heath of Birmingham in the County of West Midlands and in 2009 was sworn of the Privy Council. [2]
Affiliations
- Chair of a Policy Commission on the future of nuclear energy at the University of Birmingham from July 2011 (appointment approved by Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba). [3] [4]
- Member of National Advisory Council of EASY-Care Foundation from September 2011 [3]
- Cumberlege Connections - Consultant and Trainer, Cumberlege Connections Ltd (NHS leadership/awareness programmes)
- Philip Hunt Consultancy
- Chairman, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham (wef 1 April 2011)
- Health Care Supply Association (purchasing/supply network across UK, with a range of educational programmes)
- Member, Living Streets (national charity, where daughter is Head of Policy & Communications)
- President, Royal Society of Public Health
- Vice President, West Midlands Labour Finance & Industry Group
- Vice Chair of Associate Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (2012)
Resources
- Hansard Debates, Energy: Nuclear Power Question, asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, House of Lords, Thursday, 3 June 2010: Column 365, parliament.co.uk
Notes
- ↑ Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 9 May 2012
- ↑ University of Birmingham, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC, Nuclear Policy Commission staff, undated, accessed 4 June 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appointments taken up by former Ministers since 1 April 2011, published by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. ACOBA saw "no reason why he should take up the appointment forthwith, on the understanding that he would not draw on any privileged information available to him as a Minister".
- ↑ Policy Commission on ‘Nuclear Power: What does the future hold?, Birmingham University website, undated, accessed 9 May 2011
