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| − | '''Tony Cooper''' is a former board member of the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]] and a former chairman of the [[Nuclear Industry Association]]. | + | {{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''Tony Cooper''' is a former board member of the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]] and a former chairman of the [[Nuclear Industry Association]] (NIA). |
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Described as a 'former senior trades union official with nuclear industry connections', he was appointed to the NIA in July 2002. <ref> [http://www.nda.gov.uk/About_the_NDA--Biographies--Biographies_(489).aspx?pg=489] </ref> For over ten years Cooper was both Joint General Secretary of [[Prospect]] and Chairman of the Electricity Supply Trades Union Council. He was also Chairman of the [[Trade Unions for Safe Nuclear Energy]]. | Described as a 'former senior trades union official with nuclear industry connections', he was appointed to the NIA in July 2002. <ref> [http://www.nda.gov.uk/About_the_NDA--Biographies--Biographies_(489).aspx?pg=489] </ref> For over ten years Cooper was both Joint General Secretary of [[Prospect]] and Chairman of the Electricity Supply Trades Union Council. He was also Chairman of the [[Trade Unions for Safe Nuclear Energy]]. | ||
| − | Cooper was also a member of the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Advisory Panel, a ministerial appointment for which he received remuneration of £1,000 a year. <ref>[http://www.nda.gov.uk/About_the_NDA--Biographies--Biographies_(489).aspx?pg=489#Tony%20Cooper Tony Cooper], NDA website </ref> <ref>[http://www.postcomm.gov.uk/about-postcomm/commissioners-and-directors/tony-cooper-commissioner.html Tony Cooper Commissioner] </ref> | + | Cooper was also a member of the [[Department of Trade and Industry]]'s Energy Advisory Panel, a ministerial appointment for which he received remuneration of £1,000 a year. <ref>[http://www.nda.gov.uk/About_the_NDA--Biographies--Biographies_(489).aspx?pg=489#Tony%20Cooper Tony Cooper], NDA website </ref> <ref>[http://www.postcomm.gov.uk/about-postcomm/commissioners-and-directors/tony-cooper-commissioner.html Tony Cooper Commissioner] </ref> |
He is the father of former Labour minister [[Yvette Cooper]] (now Shadow Home Secretary) and the father-in-law of Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP [[Ed Balls]]. | He is the father of former Labour minister [[Yvette Cooper]] (now Shadow Home Secretary) and the father-in-law of Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP [[Ed Balls]]. | ||
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Tony Cooper is a former board member of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and a former chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA).
Background
Described as a 'former senior trades union official with nuclear industry connections', he was appointed to the NIA in July 2002. [1] For over ten years Cooper was both Joint General Secretary of Prospect and Chairman of the Electricity Supply Trades Union Council. He was also Chairman of the Trade Unions for Safe Nuclear Energy.
Cooper was also a member of the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Advisory Panel, a ministerial appointment for which he received remuneration of £1,000 a year. [2] [3]
He is the father of former Labour minister Yvette Cooper (now Shadow Home Secretary) and the father-in-law of Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP Ed Balls.
He completed his final term of office on the NDA board on 31 December 2011. [4]
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Tony Cooper, NDA website
- ↑ Tony Cooper Commissioner
- ↑ Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Annual Report & Accounts 2011/2012, accessed 16 July 2012
