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Industrial Strategy Advisory Council: Public Appointments

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 14 January 2025UIN 22190

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appointment.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC) is an independent, non-statutory, expert committee and as such these appointments are not in scope for addition to the Order in Council or Significant Appointments under Cabinet Office guidance. We have committed to putting the Council on a statutory footing, and this will be reviewed after doing so.

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