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Brown: Government Appointments in Full

MEMBERS OF THE CABINET:
Prime Minister: Gordon Brown
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Alistair Darling
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: David Miliband
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor: Jack Straw
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Jacqui Smith
Secretary of State for Defence; and Secretary of State for Scotland: Des Browne
Secretary of State for Health: Alan Johnson
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for International Development: Douglas Alexander
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: John Hutton
Leader of the House of Commons (and Lord Privy Seal); Minister for Women; and Labour Party Chairman: Harriet Harman
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; and Secretary of State for Wales: Peter Hain
Secretary of State for Transport: Ruth Kelly
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip: Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families: Ed Balls
Minister for the Cabinet Office; and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: James Purnell
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Shaun Woodward MP (Unpaid).
Leader of the House of Lords (and Lord President of the Council): Baroness Ashton of Upholland Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Andy Burnham
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills: John Denham
Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms: Lord Grocott (Attends Cabinet)

OTHER MINISTERS
Law officers
Attorney General: Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Attends Cabinet)
Solicitor General: Vera Baird
Advocate General for Scotland: Lord Davidson of Glen Clova
HM Treasury
Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Jane Kennedy
Exchequer Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary): Angela Eagle
Economic Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary): Kitty Ussher
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Minister of State (Europe): Jim Murphy
Minister of State: Sir Mark Malloch Brown (Attends Cabinet)
Minister of State: Kim Howells
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Meg Munn
(they had Digby Jones here as well, not sure if this was right)
Ministry of Justice
Minister of State: David Hanson
Minister of State: Michael Wills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Maria Eagle
Home Office
Minister of State and Minister for the West Midlands: Liam Byrne
Minister of State: Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Admiral Sir Alan West
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Meg Hillier
Ministry of Defence
Minister of State: Bob Ainsworth
Minister of State: Lord Drayson (Unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Derek Twigg
Scotland Office
Minister of State: David Cairns
Department of Health
Minister of State: Dawn Primarolo
Minister of State and Minister for the South West: Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Professor Sir Ara Darzi
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Ivan Lewis
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister of State: Lord Rooker
Minister of State: Phil Woolas
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Joan Ruddock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for the South East: Jonathan Shaw
Department for International Development
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Shriti Vadera
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Shahid Malik (Unpaid)
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary: Helen Goodman (Unpaid)
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Minister of State: Stephen Timms
Minister of State: Sir Digby Jones
Minister of State: Pat McFadden
Minister of State: Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State: Lord Drayson (Unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Gareth Thomas
Department of Work and Pensions
Minister of State: Mike O'Brien
Minister of State and Minister for Yorkshire and the Number: Caroline Flint
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Anne McGuire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Lord McKenzie of Luton (Unpaid)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for the East of England: Barbara Follett
Wales Office
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Huw Irranca-Davies
Department for Transport
Minister of State: Rosie Winterton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Tom Harris
Department of Communities and Local Government
Minister of State: Yvette Cooper (Attends Cabinet)
Minister of State: John Healey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Parmjit Dhanda
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Ian Wright (Unpaid)
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Minister of State: Jim Knight
Minister of State and Minister for the North West: Beverley Hughes
(Attends Cabinet when social policy issues are being discussed)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Kevin Brennan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Lord Adonis
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Secretary: Phil Hope
Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for the East Midlands: Gillian Merron
Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London (Paymaster General): Tessa Jowell (Attends Cabinet)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Minister of State: Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Gerry Sutcliffe
Northern Ireland Office
Minister of State: Paul Goggins
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Minister of State: Bill Rammell
Minister of State: Ian Pearson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Lord Triesman

WHIPS - HOUSE OF COMMONS
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) and Minister for the North East of England: Nick Brown
Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household): Thomas McAvoy
Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household): Liz Blackman
Junior Lords of the Treasury
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury): Frank Roy
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury): Steve McCabe
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury): Alan Campbell
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury): David Watts
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury): Claire Ward
Assistant Whips
Assistant Government Whip: Siobhian McDonagh
Assistant Government Whip: Michael Foster
Assistant Government Whip: Tony Cunningham
Assistant Government Whip: Alison Seabeck
Assistant Government Whip: Diana Johnson (Unpaid)
Assistant Government Whip: Mark Tami (Unpaid)
Assistant Government Whip: Sadiq Khan (Unpaid)
Assistant Government Whip: Bob Blizzard
Assistant Government Whip: Tom Watson
Assistant Government Whip: Wayne David
WHIPS - HOUSE OF LORDS
Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard): Lord Davies of Oldham Baronesses and Lords in Waiting
Baroness in Waiting: Baroness Crawley
Baroness in Waiting: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Baroness in Waiting: Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Baroness in Waiting (paid as Parliamentary Secretary): Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Lord in Waiting: Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
Lord in Waiting: Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord in Waiting: Lord Truscott (Unpaid)
Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister: Ian Austin; Angela E Smith
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Whip: Sarah McCarthy-Fry

OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington QPM to be the Prime Minister's Senior Adviser on International Security Issues
Lord Lester of Herne Hill to advise the Secretary of State for Justice on aspects of constitutional reform
Joan Ryan MP to be Special Representative to Cyprus
Baroness Neuberger will work with the Prime Minister, the Government and the voluntary sector to champion volunteering

Comments

moira said…
What is a whip please.My MP says she can't vote on EDM's as she is a whip.

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