Information between 10th September 2025 - 20th October 2025
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 125 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 175 |
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 134 |
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 129 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 189 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 215 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 239 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Business of the House - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 261 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 212 |
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15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 186 |
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15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 194 |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (631 words) 2nd reading Thursday 16th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Equality Act 2010: Meaning of “Sex”
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (87 words) Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (733 words) 2nd reading Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Genome Screening: Newborn Infants
Baroness Thornton contributed 2 speeches (125 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 4 speeches (446 words) Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 14th October 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fact that The Times has reported on the content of the draft Statutory Code of Practice shared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission with the Minister for Women and Equalities, and of how the contents of that draft were made available to the media before being laid before Parliament. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Government does not comment on leaks.
The Minister for Women and Equalities will consider the EHRC’s updated draft Code. If the decision is taken to approve it, the Minister will lay it before both Houses over a period of 40 sitting days, as per the process set out in Section 14 of the Equality Act 2006.
The Code becomes statutory only after the formal process set out in the legislation has been followed. |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 14th October 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government which commissioners of the Equality and Human Rights Commission were appointed by (1) Elizabeth Truss, and (2) Kemi Badenoch, when they were respectively Minister for Women and Equalities; and when the terms of office of those commissioners are due to conclude. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Elizabeth Truss as Minister for Women and Equalities:
The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Kemi Badenoch as Minister for Women and Equalities:
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17 Sep 2025, 12:09 a.m. - House of Lords "comments of my Noble Friend Baroness Thornton who always has an enormous " Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Sep 2025, 12:45 a.m. - House of Lords "think made by my Noble Friend Baroness Thornton, the guidance is " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 11:29 a.m. - House of Lords "annual budget in the usual way and decisions will be taken based upon it. >> Third Oral Question. Baroness Thornton. >> I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the Order " Oral questions: Screening the genomes of newborn infants for different genetic conditions - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 11:36 a.m. - House of Lords "question that Baroness Thornton talked about. Given that a newborn child can't really provide consent " Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Sep 2025, 10:29 a.m. - House of Lords "has supported it, our task is to scrutinise not to reject. Like Baroness Thornton, I was concerned " Baroness Blackstone (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Sep 2025, 12:21 p.m. - House of Lords ">> It's an honour to participate in the debate this afternoon. I want to thank particularly Baroness Thornton for an excellent speech. I support " Lord Carey of Clifton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Sep 2025, 1:38 p.m. - House of Lords "assisted suicide bill and like Baroness Thornton a Baroness Royall thing that is quite wrong. My friends death cannot in any " Lord Grade of Yarmouth (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Sep 2025, 3:39 p.m. - House of Lords "should operate under the duty of candour. Can I agree with the noble Baroness Thornton, many if not most local authorities do operate very " Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Sep. 15 2025
HL Bill 39 Running list of amendments - 15 September 2025 Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: including 15 September 2025 [Amendments marked ★ are new or have been altered] Clause 1 BARONESS THORNTON |
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Sep. 12 2025
HL Bill 84-XI Eleventh marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNTON 486_ After Clause 62, insert the |
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Oct. 12 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Harrison, Sarah - Chief Operating Officer, the Cabinet Office - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: ; Isabel Doverty; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: The Baroness Thornton 2 persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: The Baroness Thornton was unavailable. 2 9. |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: The Baroness Thornton was unavailable. 2 9. |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; and Mike Weir .Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL and The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: The Earl of Minto- Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Michael Prescott; and the Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice Document: letter (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Monks, Paul - Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Amanda Reynolds - Director General Strategy and Transformation, the Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Johnston, Paul - British Ambassador to Ireland, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu; Michael Prescott; and the Baroness Thornton |
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Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Braverman, Suella - Secretary of State for the Home Department - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 30 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Stickland, Charlie - Chief of Joint Operations for the Permanent Joint Headquarters, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 30 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Dyson, Michelle - Director General, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Mak, Alan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Economic Security - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott, Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Baroness Thornton and Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL were unavailable. 2 11. |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Evans, Graham - Government Whip in the House of Lords - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: ; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; and Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Johnson, Dominic - Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Johnson, Dominic - Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: ; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey - Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Isabel Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |
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Sep. 11 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Price, Richard - Director General for the Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton |