Simon Burton (parliamentary official)

Simon Peter Burton is a British public servant and the current Clerk of the Parliaments, the chief clerk in the House of Lords.

Burton in 2014

Burton was appointed as Clerk of the Parliaments with the effect from 2 April 2021 for a term of five years.[1][2][3] He served earlier as Clerk Assistant and, before that, as Reading Clerk in the House of Lords.[4][5]

References
  1. "Next Clerk of the Parliaments appointed". UK Parliament. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. "No. 63314". The London Gazette. 8 April 2021. p. 6486.
  3. "Letters patent appointing Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments". Crown Office. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2016–17 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 865.
  5. Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2013–14 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 1519.
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