John Hutton
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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
Hutton was seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme.[3] The Times described him as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet,[4] and his outspoken pro-nuclear stance reportedly angered many Labour activists.[5]
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.[6]
Register of MP Interests
Life after government
Hutton became a member of the advisory board of U.S. nuclear power company Hyperion Power Generation (now Gen4 Energy, Inc) in July 2010.[6]
He also became an adviser to lobbying firm APCO Worldwide in August 2010. [7]
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.[8] [9]
External resources
- BBC Hardtalk, John Hutton, Chairman of Nuclear Industry Association, Broadcast BBC News Channels, 9 Aug 2011 (available to view online until August 2012)
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
- ↑ Jason Groves, [1], 16 June 2010
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'PEOPLE MOVES' - June 2011 edition, Public Affairs News, 9 June 2011
- ↑ 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
- ↑ HM Treasury, Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, undated, accessed 9 May 2012
- ↑ Hansard Written Answers, 12 July 2010 : Column 532W, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 May 2012
