RESHUFFLE: Ministerial appointments
The Prime Minister has completed his reshuffle.
Downing have announced the following appointments:
Liam Byrne MP, John Healey MP, Jim Knight MP, David Lammy MP, Pat
McFadden MP, Anne
McGuire MP, Malcolm Wicks MP and Michael Wills MP are to be made members
of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Stephen Carter CBE and Paul Myners CBE. are to become Life Peers.
Other Ministers:
Law Officers:
Attorney General - The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC ***
Solicitor General - Vera Baird QC MP
Advocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
HM TREASURY:
Financial Secretary - The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP
Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP**** (jointly with the Home Office)
Economic Secretary - Ian Pearson MPf (jointly with the Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Exchequer Secretary - Angela Eagle MPf
Financial Services Secretary - Paul Myners CBEJ
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE:
Minister of State (Europe) - The Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP***
Minister of State (Middle East and Africa) - The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-
Brown**
Minister of State - Bill Rammell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gillian Merron MP
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon David Hanson MP
Minister of State - Michael Wills MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Bridget Prentice MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Shahid Malik MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Lord Bach (and Lord in
Waiting)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Maria Eagle MP (jointly with
the Government Equalities Office)
HOME OFFICE:
Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP (jointly with HM Treasury
Minister of State - Vernon Coaker MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Meg Hillier MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Alan Campbell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Admiral Lord West of
Spithead GCB DSC
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Minister of State - Ben Bradshaw MP (and Minister for the South
West)
Minister of State - Phil Hope MP (and Minister for the East Midlands)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Professor Lord Darzi of
Denham KBE
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ann Keen MP
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY
REFORM:
Minister of State - Pat McFadden MP
Minister of State - Gareth Thomas MP (jointly with Department for
International Development)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ian Pearson MP (jointly
with HM Treasury)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Stephen Carter CBE Jointly with
Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Shriti Vadera
(jointly with Cabinet Office)
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
Minister of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (jointly with
Department of Energy and Climate Change); and Deputy Leader of
the House of Lords
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Huw Irranca-Davies MP
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Minister of State - Gareth Thomas MP (jointly with the Department for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ivan Lewis MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Michael Foster MP
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - The Rt Hon Baroness
Taylor of Bolton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Quentin Davies MP*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Kevan Jones MP*
OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS:
Parliamentary Secretary - Chris Bryant MP*
EQUALITIES OFFICE:
Parliamentary Secretary - Maria Eagle MP (jointly with the Ministry of
Justice)
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP**
Minister of State - John Healey MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - lain Wright MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Andrews OBE
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sadiq Khan MP
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT:
Minister of State - Lord Adonis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Paul Clark MP*
DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP*** (and Minister
for the North West)
Minister of State - Jim Knight MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Morgan of
Drefelin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
Minister of State - Mike O'Brien MP
Minister of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (jointly with
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); and Deputy
Leader of the House of Lords
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Joan Ruddock MP
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP** (and Minister for
London)
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (and Minister for
Yorkshire and the Humber)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jonathan Shaw MP (and
Minister for the South East)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Kitty Ussher MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord MacKenzie of Luton
NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE:
Minister of State - Paul Goggins MP
DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Barbara Follett MP (and
Minister for the East of England)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Stephen Carter CBE (jointly
with Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
DEPARTMENT FOR INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS:
Minister of State - David Lammy MP
Minister of State - Lord Drayson* & **
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sion Simon MP*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Lord Young of Norwood
Green (and Lord in Waiting)
WALES OFFICE:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Wayne David MP
SCOTLAND OFFICE:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ann McKechin MP
Parliamentary Secretary - Baroness Shriti Vadera (jointly with the
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General - The Rt Hon Tessa
Jowell MP***
WHIPS - HOUSE OF COMMONS
Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) - Nick Brown
MP** (and Minister for the North East)
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) - Thomas McAvoy
MP
Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) - John Spellar MP
Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) - Claire
Ward MP
JUNIOR LORDS OF THE TREASURY
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Steve
McCabe MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Frank Roy
MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - David
Watts MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Tony
Cunningham MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Bob
Blizzard MP
ASSISTANT WHIPS
Assistant Government Whip - Diana Johnson MP
Assistant Government Whip - Mark Tami MP
Assistant Government Whip - Dawn Butler MP
Assistant Government Whip - Helen Goodman MP
Assistant Government Whip - Helen Jones MP
Assistant Government Whip - Ian Lucas MP
Assistant Government Whip - Ian Austin MP (and Minister for the
West Midlands)
Assistant Government Whip - Barbara Keeley MP*
Assistant Government Whip - Chris Moie MP*
WHIPS - HOUSE OF LORDS
Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms) - Lord Bassam of Brighton
Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the
Yeomen of the Guard) - Lord Davies of Oldman
BARONESSES AND LORDS IN WAITING
Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Thornton
Lord in Waiting - Lord Bach (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State Ministry of Justice*)
Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton*
Lord in Waiting - Lord Tunnicliffe
Lord in Waiting - Lord Young of Norwood Green (and Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and
Skills*)
Lord in Waiting - Lord Patel of Bradford
Lord in Waiting - Lord Brett*
t paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
t unpaid Parliamentary Secretary
• unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
**** with responsibility for revenue protection at the border
Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime
Minister
Angela E Smith MP
Jon Trickett MP
Governmental Representatives
Malcolm Wicks MP - Special representative of the Prime Minister on
international energy issues working with the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change:
Mark Lazarowicz MP - Special representative of the Prime Minister
on carbon trading working with the Secretary of State for Energy and
Climate Change.
The Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP - Special representative for conflict
resolution mechanisms working with the Foreign Secretary and the
Secretaries of State for Internationa! Development and Defence
The Queen has accepted the following departures from Government.
At Minister of State level:
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP (temporarily leaving
Government on compassionate grounds of family illness and will
return to Government in the spring)
Dr Kim Howells MP
Lord Jones of Birmingham
The Rt Hon Lord Rooker
Malcolm Wicks MP
At Parliamentary Secretary level
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Tom Harris MP
Anne McGuire MP
Meg Munn MP
James Plaskitt MP
Derek Twigg MP
Government Whips:
Baroness Crawley
Liz Blackman MP
Alison Seabeck MP
The Prime Minister has completed his reshuffle.
Downing have announced the following appointments:
Liam Byrne MP, John Healey MP, Jim Knight MP, David Lammy MP, Pat
McFadden MP, Anne
McGuire MP, Malcolm Wicks MP and Michael Wills MP are to be made members
of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Stephen Carter CBE and Paul Myners CBE. are to become Life Peers.
Other Ministers:
Law Officers:
Attorney General - The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC ***
Solicitor General - Vera Baird QC MP
Advocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
HM TREASURY:
Financial Secretary - The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP
Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP**** (jointly with the Home Office)
Economic Secretary - Ian Pearson MPf (jointly with the Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Exchequer Secretary - Angela Eagle MPf
Financial Services Secretary - Paul Myners CBEJ
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE:
Minister of State (Europe) - The Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP***
Minister of State (Middle East and Africa) - The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-
Brown**
Minister of State - Bill Rammell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gillian Merron MP
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon David Hanson MP
Minister of State - Michael Wills MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Bridget Prentice MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Shahid Malik MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Lord Bach (and Lord in
Waiting)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Maria Eagle MP (jointly with
the Government Equalities Office)
HOME OFFICE:
Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP (jointly with HM Treasury
Minister of State - Vernon Coaker MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Meg Hillier MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Alan Campbell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Admiral Lord West of
Spithead GCB DSC
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Minister of State - Ben Bradshaw MP (and Minister for the South
West)
Minister of State - Phil Hope MP (and Minister for the East Midlands)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Professor Lord Darzi of
Denham KBE
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ann Keen MP
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY
REFORM:
Minister of State - Pat McFadden MP
Minister of State - Gareth Thomas MP (jointly with Department for
International Development)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ian Pearson MP (jointly
with HM Treasury)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Stephen Carter CBE Jointly with
Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Shriti Vadera
(jointly with Cabinet Office)
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
Minister of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (jointly with
Department of Energy and Climate Change); and Deputy Leader of
the House of Lords
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Huw Irranca-Davies MP
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Minister of State - Gareth Thomas MP (jointly with the Department for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ivan Lewis MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Michael Foster MP
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - The Rt Hon Baroness
Taylor of Bolton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Quentin Davies MP*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Kevan Jones MP*
OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS:
Parliamentary Secretary - Chris Bryant MP*
EQUALITIES OFFICE:
Parliamentary Secretary - Maria Eagle MP (jointly with the Ministry of
Justice)
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP**
Minister of State - John Healey MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - lain Wright MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Andrews OBE
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sadiq Khan MP
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT:
Minister of State - Lord Adonis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Paul Clark MP*
DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP*** (and Minister
for the North West)
Minister of State - Jim Knight MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Morgan of
Drefelin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
Minister of State - Mike O'Brien MP
Minister of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (jointly with
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); and Deputy
Leader of the House of Lords
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Joan Ruddock MP
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS:
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP** (and Minister for
London)
Minister of State - The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (and Minister for
Yorkshire and the Humber)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jonathan Shaw MP (and
Minister for the South East)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Kitty Ussher MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord MacKenzie of Luton
NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE:
Minister of State - Paul Goggins MP
DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Barbara Follett MP (and
Minister for the East of England)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Stephen Carter CBE (jointly
with Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
DEPARTMENT FOR INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS:
Minister of State - David Lammy MP
Minister of State - Lord Drayson* & **
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Sion Simon MP*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Lord Young of Norwood
Green (and Lord in Waiting)
WALES OFFICE:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Wayne David MP
SCOTLAND OFFICE:
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ann McKechin MP
Parliamentary Secretary - Baroness Shriti Vadera (jointly with the
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General - The Rt Hon Tessa
Jowell MP***
WHIPS - HOUSE OF COMMONS
Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) - Nick Brown
MP** (and Minister for the North East)
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) - Thomas McAvoy
MP
Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) - John Spellar MP
Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) - Claire
Ward MP
JUNIOR LORDS OF THE TREASURY
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Steve
McCabe MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Frank Roy
MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - David
Watts MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Tony
Cunningham MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Bob
Blizzard MP
ASSISTANT WHIPS
Assistant Government Whip - Diana Johnson MP
Assistant Government Whip - Mark Tami MP
Assistant Government Whip - Dawn Butler MP
Assistant Government Whip - Helen Goodman MP
Assistant Government Whip - Helen Jones MP
Assistant Government Whip - Ian Lucas MP
Assistant Government Whip - Ian Austin MP (and Minister for the
West Midlands)
Assistant Government Whip - Barbara Keeley MP*
Assistant Government Whip - Chris Moie MP*
WHIPS - HOUSE OF LORDS
Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms) - Lord Bassam of Brighton
Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the
Yeomen of the Guard) - Lord Davies of Oldman
BARONESSES AND LORDS IN WAITING
Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Thornton
Lord in Waiting - Lord Bach (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State Ministry of Justice*)
Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton*
Lord in Waiting - Lord Tunnicliffe
Lord in Waiting - Lord Young of Norwood Green (and Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and
Skills*)
Lord in Waiting - Lord Patel of Bradford
Lord in Waiting - Lord Brett*
t paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
t unpaid Parliamentary Secretary
• unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
**** with responsibility for revenue protection at the border
Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime
Minister
Angela E Smith MP
Jon Trickett MP
Governmental Representatives
Malcolm Wicks MP - Special representative of the Prime Minister on
international energy issues working with the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change:
Mark Lazarowicz MP - Special representative of the Prime Minister
on carbon trading working with the Secretary of State for Energy and
Climate Change.
The Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP - Special representative for conflict
resolution mechanisms working with the Foreign Secretary and the
Secretaries of State for Internationa! Development and Defence
The Queen has accepted the following departures from Government.
At Minister of State level:
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP (temporarily leaving
Government on compassionate grounds of family illness and will
return to Government in the spring)
Dr Kim Howells MP
Lord Jones of Birmingham
The Rt Hon Lord Rooker
Malcolm Wicks MP
At Parliamentary Secretary level
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Tom Harris MP
Anne McGuire MP
Meg Munn MP
James Plaskitt MP
Derek Twigg MP
Government Whips:
Baroness Crawley
Liz Blackman MP
Alison Seabeck MP
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