Ex-mandarin heads Lottery Commission

Thursday 12 October 2000 00:00 BST

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Lord Burns, who was Permanent Secretary at the Treasury until 1998, is the new chairman of the National Lottery Commission.

He replaces Dame Helena Shovelton, who resigned after lottery operator Camelot successfully challenged the commission's decision to negotiate only with Sir Richard Branson's People's Lottery for the next seven-year licence.

Culture Secretary Chris Smith said: "Terry Burns has a most distinguished record and I am delighted to appoint him to the Commission".

Lord Burns chaired the recent Government inquiry into the effects on rural communities of a ban on foxhunting.

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