Committee writes to Secretary of State saying it ‘cannot support' Baroness Stowell's appointment for Charity Commission Chair

After Tuesday's pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Charity Commission with Baroness Stowell, the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee has written to the Secretary of State for DCMS, Matt Hancock MP, saying that they ‘cannot support' her appointment. 

• Letter from Chair to Matt Hancock, Secretary of State, re Charity Commission Chair, 20 February 2018 

The Committee will also publish a short report about the appointment in due course.

Further information

More information here on how pre-appointment hearings work.

Watch the pre-appointment hearing held on 20 February 2018.

• Related inquiry: The work of the Charity Commission
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