William Shawcross
William Shawcross is a British journalist. He was named by the Cabinet Office as the proposed chair of the Charity Commission in August 2012.[1]
At a hearing of the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee to examine his appointment, the chair Bernard Jenkin noted:
- One or two of us have to put some interests on the record, however peripheral they may be. You are a Director and Trustee of the Henry Jackson SocietyThe Henry Jackson Society provides the Secretariat for the All- Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security, of which I am Chairman. I also published a pamphlet in co-operation with the Henry Jackson Society a couple of years ago.[2]
Robert Halfon stated: "I should declare that I was a founding patron of the Henry Jackson Society when it was first set up and I am fairly involved with the organisation."[2]
A third committee member, Paul Flynn added: I think perhaps I had better say that the Henry Jackson Society organised a meeting at which I was a prime speaker, to my astonishment.[2]
Shawcross stated during proceedings:
- Obviously I would wish to resign all my memberships of the Henry Jackson Society and other charities with which I am involved. I think the Henry Jackson Society is a great society and I am very pleased that they had you come to speak, Mr Flynn. Henry Jackson himself was a great American senator who stood not just for right‑wing views but for freedom and liberty everywhere. That is what the society stands for now. I would do everything necessary and speak to the chief executive of the Charity Commission to make sure I was seen to be always acting in an independent manner.[2]
External resources
- William Shawcross Curriculum vitae
- Vibeka Mair, Shawcross 'too outspoken' to be Commission chair, MPs worry, civilsociety.couk, 5 September 2012.
Affiliations
- Article 19 - Chairman
- RESPONSE - Chairman
- International Crisis Group - Board member since 1995, and member of Executive Committee since 2000.
- High Commissioner for Refugees - Member of the Informal Advisory Group, 1995-2000.
- Disasters Emergency Committee - Member of Council since 1997.
Connections
- Hartley Shawcross - Father
Notes
- ↑ Stephen Cook, Is William Shawcross the right person for the commission job?, Third Sector, 30 August 2012, accessed 31 August 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 CORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE, Public Administration Committee, House of Commons, 5 September 2012.
