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Seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme.<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/15.stm "John Hutton"], February 10, 2005</ref> Described by ''The Times'' as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet.<ref>"The Nuclear Cabinet", ''The Times'', November 23, 2005; not accessable online</ref> | Seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme.<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/15.stm "John Hutton"], February 10, 2005</ref> Described by ''The Times'' as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet.<ref>"The Nuclear Cabinet", ''The Times'', November 23, 2005; not accessable online</ref> | ||
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| + | 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.<ref name="moves"> [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/uk-news/news-detail/newsarticle/people-moves-june-2011-edition/130/ 'PEOPLE MOVES' - June 2011 edition], ''Public Affairs News'', 9 June 2011 </ref> | ||
==Register of MP Interests== | ==Register of MP Interests== | ||
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| + | *signed up to advise [[Hyperion Power Generation]] in July 2010<ref name="moves"/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
Affliations
- signed up to advise Hyperion Power Generation in July 2010[5]
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
