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Lords motion paying tribute to Simon Burton on his retirement as Clerk of the Parliaments. Agreed to on question nemine dissentiente.

Lead member
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Department
Lord Privy Seal
Type
Tributes
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 cc1-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, on 24 July last year, I informed the House that Simon Burton had announced his intention of retiring from the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments with effect from 1 April this year. In November, I announced that Chloe Mawson would become his successor. I indicated at...

Member
Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 cc1-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the Lord Privy Seal in her elegant tribute to Simon Burton, our departing Clerk of the Parliaments. We are all sad to see Simon go. As the noble Baroness said, he joined the House in 1988. I checked: there are now barely...

Member
Lord True (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 cc3-4
House
House of Lords

My Lords, there have been on 65 Clerks of the Parliaments in the 700 years or more since the role was formed and, as the Leader said, only 20 since the 1824 Act—which governs the role now in statute and argued then for the salary to be the princely sum...

Member
Lord Purvis of Tweed (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 cc4-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, and indeed to hear the wonderful remarks from the Leader and from the noble Lord, Lord True, earlier on. I am in the rare and happy position of agreeing with every word that has been said...

Member
Earl of Kinnoull (Conservative; Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 c6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, from these Benches I echo the comments of those noble Lords who have gone before me. I pay tribute to Simon Burton, whose service as Clerk of the Parliaments has been of lasting value to the House.

The strength of our parliamentary life depends not only on those who...

Member
Bishop of Southwark (Bishops (affiliation); Bishops (affiliation); Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 c7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, as I conclude the tributes from your Lordships’ House to our departing Clerk of the Parliaments, it remains for me to thank Simon Burton for his much-valued service and contributions. From his appointment to the post in 2021 to his retirement this year, the activity of the House...

Member
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
855 cc7-8
House
House of Lords

Lords announcement of the retirement of Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments on 1 April 2026.

Lead member
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Department
Lord Privy Seal
Type
Non-legislative formal proceedings
Date
24 July 2025
Reference
848 cc377-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I wish to notify the House that I have received the following letter from the Clerk of the Parliaments. It reads:

“I want to take the opportunity to write to confirm what we have already discussed.

My appointment as Clerk of the Parliaments was for a five-year term, which comes...

Member
Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2025
Reference
848 cc377-8
House
House of Lords