Duchy of Lancaster written question – answered at on 4 June 2009.
Nicholas Soames
Conservative, Mid Sussex
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who the Chair of the Arts and Media Honours Committee is; on what date the appointment was made; and for how long a term.
Liam Byrne
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
holding answer
The Chair of the Arts and Media Honours Committee is Lord Stevenson of Coddenham.
He was appointed in line with the recruitment process set out in the Government's white paper 'Reform of the Honours System' (Cm 6479), which was a response to the Public Administration Select Committee's July 2004 Report 'A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System' (HC212-I), and Sir Hayden Phillips' report on his review of the honours system.
The post of the Chair of the Arts and Media Honours Committee was advertised in the Sunday Times on
Lord Stevenson was appointed on
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