Under Standing Order 13:1 a Member of Hall appointed to High Office shall ‘as soon as maybe after their appointment be proposed by the Treasurer in Pension for election as a Master and elected by acclamation’.
Ms Jessica De Mounteney (nee Newton) was appointed a Permanent Under Secretary, the First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary of the Government in Parliament Group.
The election of Ms Jessica De Mounteney as a Master of the Bench was approved by Pension on Wednesday 19 February 2025.