5 May 2006
Following The Queen’s approval to new ministerial appointments, the Government is now constituted as follows.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve that Baroness Ashton and Stephen Timms MP be sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council.
Cabinet
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Rt Hon Tony Blair MP
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State
Rt Hon John Prescott MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Rt Hon Alastair Darling MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rt Hon John Reid MP
Secretary of State for Health
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office and for Social Exclusion (and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)
Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Secretary of State for Wales
Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
Rt Hon Baroness Amos
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC
Secretary of State for International Development
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Minister for Women
Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Defence
Rt Hon Des Browne MP
Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Minister without Portfolio
Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Stephen Timms MP
Also attending Cabinet
Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms
The Rt Hon Lord Grocott
Other Ministers
Law Officers
Attorney General - Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC *
Solicitor General - Mike O’Brien MP
Advocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
Treasury
Paymaster General - Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Financial Secretary - John Healey MP
Economic Secretary - Ed Balls MP
Leader of the Commons
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Parliamentary Secretary) - Nigel Griffiths MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Minister of State (Europe) - Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP*
Minister of State (Trade) (also DTI) - Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP*
Minister of State - Dr Kim Howells MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Triesman
Trade and Industry
Minister of State (Trade) (also FCO) - Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
Minister of State - Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP
Minister of State - Malcolm Wicks MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Sainsbury of Turnville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Home Office
Minister of State - Liam Byrne MP
Minister of State - Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
Minister of State - Tony McNulty MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Joan Ryan MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Vernon Coaker MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Health
Minister of State - Rosie Winterton MP
Minister of State - Andy Burnham MP
Minister of State - Lord Warner
Minister of State - Caroline Flint MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ivan Lewis MP
Culture, Media and Sport
Minister of State - Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Shaun Woodward MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - David Lammy MP
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Secretary - Pat McFadden MP
Parliamentary Secretary - Ed Miliband MP
Northern Ireland
Minister of State - David Hanson MP
Speaking for the Lords - Rt Hon Lord Rooker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (also Scotland Office) - David Cairns MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Maria Eagle MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Paul Goggins MP
Constitutional Affairs
Minister of State - Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Bridget Prentice MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Vera Baird QC MP
International Development
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gareth Thomas MP
Education and Skills
Minister of State - Jim Knight MP
Minister of State - Bill Rammell MP
Minister of State - Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Adonis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Phil Hope MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Parmjit Dhanda MP
Communities and Local Government
Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP
Minister of State - Yvette Cooper MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of State - Angela E Smith MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Women and Equality) - Meg Munn MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Andrews OBE
Work and Pensions
Minister of State - Jim Murphy MP
Minister of State - James Purnell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Anne McGuire MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - James Plaskitt MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister of State - Rt Hon Lord Rooker
Minister of State - Ian Pearson MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ben Bradshaw MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Barry Gardiner MP
Defence
Minister of State - Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Tom Watson MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Drayson
Transport
Minister of State - Dr Stephen Ladyman MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Derek Twigg MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gillian Merron MP
Scotland
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (also Northern Ireland) - David Cairns MP
Wales
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Nick Ainger MP
Whips - House of Commons
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) - Rt Hon Robert Ainsworth MP
Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) - Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP
Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) - John Heppell MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - David Watts MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Alan Campbell MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Kevin Brennan MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Frank Roy MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Claire Ward MP
Assistant Whips
Assistant Government Whip - Ian Cawsey MP
Assistant Government Whip - Steve McCabe MP
Assistant Government Whip - Liz Blackman MP
Assistant Government Whip - Tony Cunningham MP
Assistant Government Whip - Huw Irranca-Davies MP
Assistant Government Whip - Jonathan Shaw MP
Assistant Government Whip - Michael Foster MP (Worcester)
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 Farrington of Ribbleton
Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lord in Waiting - Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord in Waiting - Lord Evans of Temple Guiting CBE
Lord in Waiting - Lord McKenzie of Luton
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Rt Hon Keith Hill MP
* Also attending Cabinet
The following ministers have resigned from Her Majesty’s Government.
Cabinet resignations
Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP
Minister of State Resignations
Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
Rt Hon Alun Michael MP
Elliot Morley MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Resignations
Lord Bach
Fiona Mactaggart MP
Don Touhig MP
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