The new Cabinet in full
The new Cabinet in full
Monday, 06, Oct 2008 12:00
The new Cabinet has now been fully revealed, after a weekend of gradual releases. Here it is, in full.
Law officers
Attorney general - Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Solicitor general - Vera Baird
Advocate general for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova
HM treasury
Financial secretary - Stephen Timms
Minister of state - Phil Woolas (jointly with the Home Office)
Economic secretary - Ian Pearson (jointly with the Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Exchequer secretary - Angela Eagle
Financial services secretary - Paul Myners
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Minister of state (Europe) - Caroline Flint
Minister of state (Middle East and Africa) - Lord Malloch-Brown
Minister of state - Bill Rammell
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Gillian Merron
Ministry of justice
Minister of state - David Hanson
Minister of state - Michael Wills
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Shahid Malik
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Lord Bach
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Maria Eagle (jointly with the government Equalities Office)
Home Office
Minister of state - Phil Woolas (jointly with HM Treasury)
Minister of state - Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Meg Hillier
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Alan Campbell
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Admiral Lord West of Spithead
Department Of Health
Minister of state - Dawn Primarolo
Minister of state - Ben Bradshaw (and minister for the south west)
Minister of state - Phil Hope (and minister for the east Midlands)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Lord Darzi of Denham
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Ann Keen
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Minister of state - Pat McFadden
Minister of state - Gareth Thomas (jointly with Department for International Development)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Ian Pearson (jointly with HM Treasury)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Stephen Carter (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 - Jane Kennedy
Minister of state - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (jointly with Department of Energy and Climate Change); and deputy leader of the House of Lords
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Huw Irranca-Davies
Department for International Development
Minister of state - Gareth Thomas (jointly with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Ivan Lewis
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Michael Foster
Ministry Of Defence
Minister of state - Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Quentin Davies
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Kevan Jones
Office of the Leader Of The House Of Commons
Parliamentary secretary - Chris Bryant
Equalities Office
Parliamentary secretary - Maria Eagle (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
Department for Communities and Local Government
Minister of state - Margaret Beckett
Minister of state - John Healey
Parliamentary under secretary of state - lain Wright
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Sadiq Khan
Department for Transport
Minister of state - Lord Adonis
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Paul Clark
Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Minister of state - Beverley Hughes (and minister for the north west)
Minister of state - Jim Knight
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Minister of state - Mike O'Brien
Minister of state - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (jointly with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); and Deputy leader of the House of Lords
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Joan Ruddock
Department for Work and Pensions
Minister of state - Tony McNulty (and minister for London)
Minister of state - Rosie Winterton (and minister for Yorkshire and the Humber)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Jonathan Shaw (and minister for the south east)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Kitty Ussher
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Lord MacKenzie of Luton
Northern Ireland Office
Minister of state - Paul Goggins
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Barbara Follett (and minister for the east of England)
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Stephen Carter (jointly
with Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Minister of state - David Lammy
Minister of state - Lord Drayson
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Sion Simon
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Lord Young of Norwood Green (and Lord in Waiting)
Wales Office
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Wayne David
Scotland Office
Parliamentary under secretary of state - Ann McKechin
Cabinet Office
Minister for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Liam Byrne
Parliamentary secretary - Tom Watson
Parliamentary secretary - Kevin Brennan
Parliamentary secretary - Baroness Shriti Vadera (jointly with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Minister for the Olympics and paymaster general - Tessa Jowell
Whips - House of Commons
Chief whip (Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury) - Nick Brown (and minister for the north east)
Deputy chief whip (treasurer of HM household) - Thomas McAvoy
Government whip (comptroller of HM household) - John Spellar
Government whip (vice-chamberlain of HM household) - Claire Ward
Junior Lords Of The Treasury
Government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Steve McCabe
Government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Frank Roy
Government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - David Watts
Government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Tony Cunningham
Government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Bob Blizzard
Assistant Whips
Assistant government whip - Diana Johnson
Assistant government whip - Mark Tami
Assistant government whip - Dawn Butler
Assistant government whip - Helen Goodman
Assistant government whip - Helen Jones
Assistant government whip - Ian Lucas
Assistant government whip - Ian Austin (and minister for the west Midlands)
Assistant government whip - Barbara Keeley
Assistant government whip - Chris Mole
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
Parliamentary private secretaries to the prime
Minister
Angela E Smith
Jon Trickett
Governmental representatives
Malcolm Wicks - special representative of the prime minister on international energy issues working with the secretary of state for energy and climate change
Mark Lazarowicz - special representative of the prime minister on carbon trading working with the secretary of state for energy and climate change
Jack McConnell - special representative for conflict resolution mechanisms working with the foreign secretary and the secretaries of state for international 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
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 be sworn of her majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
The Queen has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring peerages of the United Kingdom for life on Stephen Carter CBE and Paul Myners CBE.