Tory donor Michael Hintze knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours Edward Leigh, Tory MP for Gainsborough and chairman of the expenses committee, got the highest honour after serving as an MP for more than three decades, while former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, for public and political service. Dozens of civil servants also got top honours, despite the Government's promises to cut back on awards for bureaucrats simply doing their jobs. Jonathan Stephens, who oversaw the BSkyB scandal as permanent secretary of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, was given a knighthood as he prepares to stand down from his role at the end of July. Meanwhile, Paul Kirby, a former head of the Number 10 policy unit, who left to go back to accountancy firm KPMG, was made Companion of the Order of the Bath. Andrew Dilnot, chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, was also knighted despite his lectures to the ministers over their use of data. The Cabinet Office said only 10 per cent of awards went to civil servants and quango workers, down from 18 per cent in the New Year's Honours list. However, the proportions given to Government employees was higher among the top awards, including about 14 per cent of knighthoods, around 25 per cent of CBEs and around 21 per cent of OBEs.