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John Hutton, MP

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

Life after government

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. [6]

In 2010 Lord Hutton was invited by the coalition government to Chair an Independent Commission on public service pensions, with its final report published in March 2011. He was paid £4,000 per month for a minimum of three days per week while conducting the review over a nine-month period with travel and subsistence expenses.[7] [8]

External resources

References

  1. They Work For You Lord Hutton of Furness, accessed 20 October 2010.
  2. BBC News "Profile: John Hutton", November 3, 2005.
  3. BBC News "John Hutton", February 10, 2005
  4. "The Nuclear Cabinet", The Times, November 23, 2005; not accessable online
  5. 5.0 5.1 'PEOPLE MOVES' - June 2011 edition, Public Affairs News, 9 June 2011
  6. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Twelfth Annual Report 2010-2011, ADVICE GIVEN TO FORMER MINISTERS DURING THE PREVIOUS REPORTING YEAR ON APPOINTMENTS WHICH WERE TAKEN UP AFTER MARCH 2010
  7. HM Treasury, Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, undated, accessed 9 May 2012
  8. Hansard Written Answers, 12 July 2010 : Column 532W, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 May 2012