Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
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The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments describes itself as "an independent body which provides advice to the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, or other Ministers if requested, on applications from the most senior Crown servants who wish to take up outside appointments within 2 years of leaving Crown service." [1]
History
The committee was set up in 1975 to advise the prime minister on applications by the most senior Crown Servants to take up appointments outside government. [2]
Personnel
The current members of the committee are:
- Ian Lang (Lord Lang of Monkton), Conservative former Scottish Secretary and former Member of Parliament. (Committee Chairman.)
- Gus Macdonald (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston). Labour former minister and former MP.
- Navnit Dholakia (Lord Dholakia), Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords.
- Juliet Wheldon (Dame Juliet Wheldon)
- Michael Walker (General The Lord Walker of Aldringham)
- Colin Budd
- Bryan Nicholson
The secretariat is provided by the Cabinet Office, who sponsor the Advisory Committee as an advisory non-departmental public body. [3]
