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Statement by Rt Hon Alex Norris MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on the presentation of the Annual Report of the International Court of Justice.
The King has approved the following appointment.
The review will examine the harm that drugs cause and look at prevention, treatment and recovery.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam was Deputy Chief Medical Officer from October 2017 to March 2022. He led on health protection. Career highlights: Clinical experience in emergency medicine, anaesthesia, general medicine and infectious diseases Clinical academic training in public health medicine Became...
Mona Siddiqui is Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She is also a regular contributor to Thought for...
Russell Viner was the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Education from January 2023 to January 2026. He is a paediatrician and professor at the University College London (UCL) Great Ormond St. Institute of Child Health and works clinically...
Professor John Perkins was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2012. John is currently an Honorary Professor at Manchester University, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a member of the EPSRC...
Martin Cave (appointed in January 2012) is an economist specialising in competition issues and the regulation of network industries. He was BP Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics in 2010/11 and Professor at Warwick Business School from 2001...
Professor Gideon Henderson was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from October 2019 to June 2025. He was also Director General for Science and Analysis. He was responsible for overseeing the quality of evidence...
Professor Chris Whitty is Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, the UK government’s Chief Medical Adviser and head of the public health profession. Chris is a practising NHS Consultant Physician at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and the Hospital for...
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