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Paul Silk

b. 1952

British civil servant

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About Paul Silk

Born 1952. Paul Silk is a civil servant.

Sir Evan Paul Silk FLSW (born 8 February 1952) In 2011, he was appointed as chair of the Commission on Devolution in Wales. In 2017 he was a member of the Expert Panel on Electoral Reform set up by the Assembly.

Sir Paul Silk is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Constitution Reform Group (CRG), a cross-party pressure group chaired by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, which seeks a new constitutional settlement in the UK by way of a new Act of Union. The Constitution Reform Group's Act of Union Bill 2018 in the current Parliament.

In 2018, Silk was appointed Chair of the Membership Selection Panel of Glas Cymru. From 2019 to 2021 he was Deputy Chair of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales. He is a member of the UK Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee.

Education Silk was born in Crickhowell, Powys. He was educated at Christ College, Brecon; Brasenose College, Oxford; Princeton University (USA) and the Open University.

He is currently an honorary Professor at the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. In 2019, he was made an Honorary Doctor of the University by the Open University.

Professional career

Silk served as House of Commons Clerk for a total of almost 25 years (1975–77, 1979–2001 and 2007–10),

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Education
Brasenose College
Awards
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Honorary doctorate
Also known as
Sir Evan Paul Silk

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Paul Silk's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paul Silk?

British civil servant

When was Paul Silk born?

Paul Silk was born on 8 February 1952.

What is Paul Silk's occupation?

Paul Silk is a civil servant.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paul Silk

· Wikidata: Q7153605

· DBpedia: Paul Silk

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