Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointments

(asked on 15th October 2025) - View Source
Questioner
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Mike Wood
(Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 75368 on Parliamentary and Political Service Committee: Public Appointments, what the remaining period of time is for each of the independent members’ current terms of office.

Answered by
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 21st October 2025

The Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee (PPS Committee) is one of ten specialist honours committees, made up of individuals with considerable experience of the area the committee covers.

The current membership of the PPS Committee comprises an independent chair and four independent members each appointed through a public appointments process, and three official members who are the incumbent chief whips from the three largest political parties in the House of Commons.

The current independent committee memberships appointment terms are as follows:

  • Chair: Dame Rosie Winterton DBE. Appointed August 2025 for a 5 year term.

  • Member: Lord Johnny Oates. Appointed July 2024 for a 5 year term.

  • Member:Lord Iain McNicol. Appointed July 2024 for a 5 year term.

  • Member: Professor Stephanie Rickard. Appointed November 2024 for a 5 year term.

  • Member: Craig Stephenson OBE. Appointed November 2024 for a 5 year term.

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