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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).
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{{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''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. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/26663 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath], www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 9 May 2012 </ref>
 
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. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/26663 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath], www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 9 May 2012 </ref>

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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]

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]


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Notes

  1. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 9 May 2012
  2. University of Birmingham, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC, Nuclear Policy Commission staff, undated, accessed 4 June 2012
  3. 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".
  4. Policy Commission on ‘Nuclear Power: What does the future hold?, Birmingham University website, undated, accessed 9 May 2011