Among many plans to facilitate this Williams said she is giving "serious thought" to appointing a Radio 4 artist in residence.
It really bothers me that there are wome who know or ought to know that they are as good as the men around them, but who won't apply for fear of being thought to be appointed just because they are a woman.
The ANC is thought to be likely to appoint the housing minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, as the deputy president in place of Mlambo-Ngcuka.
The attorney-general, Eric Holder, is thought to be about to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate those interrogators who exceeded the already lax limits set by the so-called "torture memos .Even before this, CIA officials had been hiring lawyers in anticipation of trouble.
In England, it was thought worthwhile to appoint a consul and to conclude a treaty with him.
Bloodworth is generally thought to have been appointed to the office of Lord Mayor as a yes man, rather than for any of the needful capabilities for the job.
Henry and Werner are also thought to be close to appointing a new director of communications to replace Ian Cotton.
The commission is also thought to be considering whether to appoint one of a younger generation of bishops including the Rt Rev Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, who is 53 years old, and the Rt Rev Justin Welby, 56, who was enthroned less than a year ago as Bishop of Durham.
"It's a little bit too early, I must think, to be appointing a cabinet," he said.
Downton revealed that "advanced negotiations" were in place to appoint an assistant coach, thought to be current Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace, who formerly worked at Kent and Yorkshire.
