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Simon Peter Burton is a British public servant and the current Clerk of the Parliaments, the chief clerk in the House of Lords.

Burton was appointed as Clerk of the Parliaments with the effect from 2 April 2021 for a term of five years.^[1]^[2]^[3] He served earlier as Clerk Assistant and, before that, as Reading Clerk in the House of Lords.^[4]^[5]

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^ "Next Clerk of the Parliaments appointed". UK Parliament. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "No. 63314". The London Gazette. 8 April 2021. p. 6486.
^ "Letters patent appointing Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments". Crown Office. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2016–17 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 865.
^ Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2013–14 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 1519.

Government offices
Preceded by Edward Ollard	Clerk of the Parliaments 2021–present	Incumbent

[1] "Next Clerk of the Parliaments appointed". UK Parliament. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[2] "No. 63314". The London Gazette. 8 April 2021. p. 6486.

[3] "Letters patent appointing Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments". Crown Office. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[4] Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2016–17 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 865.

[5] Journals of the House of Lords – Session 2013–14 (PDF). House of Lords. 2017. p. 1519.

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