John Hutton
Background
Hutton was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, in Essex, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a law lecturer at Northumbria University, before being elected the MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. He is a friend and former flatmate of key Blair ally Alan Milburn. He is now Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. [1]
Pro-Nuclear Defender
Seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme [2]. Described by The Times as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet. [3]
In September 2008, he launched the new Government Office for Nuclear Development, in the Department for Business and Regulatory Reform, which aims to “facilitate new nuclear investment in the UK - making the UK the best market in the world for companies to invest in nuclear”. [4]
External Links
- ^ BBC News "Profile: John Hutton", November 3, 2005
- ^ BBC News "John Hutton", February 10, 2005
- ^The Times, "The Nuclear Cabinet", November 23, 2005; not accessable online
- ^ Office for Nuclear Development website, accessed September 2008