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Friday 13 June 2003

Ministerial Appointments

13 June 2003

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following ministerial changes to Her Majesty’s Government.

CABINET APPOINTMENTS

Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, The Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC

Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for Wales, The Right Honourable Peter Hain MP

Secretary of State for Health, The Right Honourable Dr John Reid MP

Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland, The Right Honourable Alistair Darling MP

CABINET RESIGNATIONS

The Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Lord Irvine of Lairg QC

Secretary of State for Health, The Right Honourable Alan Milburn MP

Secretary of State for Scotland, The Right Honourable Helen Liddell MP

PRIVY COUNSELLORSHIPS

The Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC

MINISTER OF STATE APPOINTMENTS

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Keith Hill MP

Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Trade & Industry (Trade)
Mike O’Brien MP

Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Middle East)
The Rt Hon Baroness Symonsof Vernham Dean

Home Office
Hazel Blears MP
The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC

Department for Education & Skills (Minister for Children)
Margaret Hodge MBE MP

Department for Education & Skills
Alan Johnson MP

Department of Trade & Industry & Deputy Minister for Women
Jacqui Smith MP

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Environment)
Elliot Morley MP

Department of Health
Rosie Winterton MP

Department for Culture, Media & Sport (Minister for the Arts)
The Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP

Department for Work & Pensions
Desmond Browne MP
Malcolm Wicks MP

Northern Ireland Office
The Rt Hon John Spellar MP

Department for Transport
Dr Kim Howells MP

PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY APPOINTMENTS

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Yvette Cooper MP

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Chris Mullin MP

Department for Constitutional Affairs
Christopher Leslie MP
David Lammy MP
The Lord Filkin CBE

Home Office
Caroline Flint MP
Fiona MacTaggart MP

Department of Trade & Industry
Gerry Sutcliffe MP

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Ben Bradshaw MP

Department of Health (Minister for Public Health)
Melanie Johnson MP

Department of Health
Dr Stephen Ladyman MP
The Lord Warner

Ministry of Defence
Ivor Caplin MP

Department for Culture, Media & Sport
The Rt Hon Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Department for International Development
Gareth Thomas MP (Harrow West)

Department for Work & Pensions
Chris Pond MP

Department for Transport
Tony McNulty MP

Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Philip Woolas MP

MINISTER OF STATE RESIGNATIONS

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Barbara Roche MP

Department of Trade & Industry
Brian Wilson MP

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP

Department for Culture, Media & Sports
The Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone

Department for Work & Pensions
The Rt Hon Nick Brown MP

Cabinet Office
The Rt Hon Lord MacDonald of Tradeston CBE

PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY RESIGNATIONS

Department for International Development
Sally Keeble MP

Ministry of Defence
Dr Lewis Moonie MP

APPOINTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AND HOUSE OF LORDS WHIPS

House of Commons

Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household
Bob Ainsworth MP

Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household
Jim Fitzpatrick MP

Assistant Government Whip
Vernon Coaker MP
Paul Clark MP
Margaret Moran MP
Bridget Prentice MP

House of Lords

Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard
The Lord Davies of Oldham

Lord in Waiting
The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting CBE

RESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT WHIP

Assistant Government Whip
Dan Norris MP

Notes for Editors

For the transitional period, Lord Falconer will exercise all the functions of Lord Chancellor as necessary. However, Lord Falconer does not intend to sit as a judge in the House of Lords before the new Supreme Court is established.

Lord Williams will remain the Leader of the House of Lords and will take on additional duties as Lord President of the Council.

Douglas Alexander MP is Minister of State in the Cabinet Office and becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Ian Pearson MP and Angela Smith MP will now be paid as Parliamentary Under-Secretaries in the Northern Ireland Office. Charlotte Atkins MP and Gillian Merron MP will now be paid as Assistant Government Whips.

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