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Tony Blair's Cabinet

Inside No 10

Blair's Backroom Team

Departments

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Defence
Education and Employment
Environment, Transport and the Regions
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Health
Home Office
International Development
Law Officers
Lord Chancellor's
Culutre, Media & Sport
Northern Ireland Office
Privy Council Office
Scottish Office
Social Security
Trade and Industry
Treasury
Welsh Office
Whips

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Jack Cunningham* - Minister of Agriculture, Fish and Food
Jeff Rooker - Minister of State
Elliot Morley - Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Donoughue - Parliamentary Secretary

Cabinet Office

David Clark - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Peter Mandelson - Minister Without Portfolio
Peter Kilfoyle - Public Services Minister

Ministry of Defence

George Robertson* - Secretary of State
Rt Hon Dr John Gilbert - Minister of State
Dr John Reid - Minister of State
John Spellar - PUSS

Department for Education and Employment

David Blunkett* - Secretary of State
Andrew Smith - Minister of State: Employment and Disabiliity Rights
Stephen Byers - Minister of State: School standards
Baroness Blackstone - Minister of State
Estelle Morris - PUSS
Kim Howells - PUSS: Lifelong learning
Alan Howarth - PUSS

Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

John Prescott* - Secretary of State: also Deputy Prime Minister
Gavin Strang* - Transport Minister
Michael Meacher - Environment Minister
Dick Caborn - Minister of State: Regions; regeneration; planning
Hilary Armstrong - Minister of State
Nick Raynsford - PUSS: Minister for London - Environment/Local Govt
Glenda Jackson - PUSS: Minister for London - Transport
Baroness Hayman - PUSS: Roads
Angela Eagle - PUSS

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Robin Cook* - Secretary of State
Derek Fatchett - Minister of State
Doug Henderson - Minister of State
Tony Lloyd - Minister of State
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean - PUSS

Department of Health

Frank Dobson* - Secretary of State
Alan Milburn - Minister of State
Tessa Jowell - Minister of State
Baroness Jay of Paddington - Minister of State
Paul Boateng - PUSS

Home Office

Jack Straw* - Secretary of State
Alun Michael - Minister of State: Criminal Policy; organised crime; volunteering and the voluntary sector; deputy to HS
Joyce Quin - Minister of State: Prisons; probation; mentally disordered offenders; oversight of immigration and Nationality; Europe
George Howarth - PUSS: Prisons; fire and emergency planning; House of Commons business on elections; liquor licensing and gambling; drugs; animals; bye-laws and; data protection
Mike O'Brien - PUSS: constitutional issues
Lord Williams of Mostyn - PUSS: constitutional issues other than elections; animals; bye-laws; coroners and; data protection

Department for International Development

Clare Short* - Secretary of State
George Foulkes - PUSS

Law Officers' Department

Rt Hon John Morris QC - Attorney General
Charles Falconer QC - Solicitor General
Colin Boyd QC - Solicitor General for Scotland

Lord Advocate's Department

Andrew Hardie QC - Lord Advocate

Lord Chancellor's Department

Lord Irvine of Lairg* - Lord Chancellor
Geoff Hoon - Parliamentary Secretary

Department of Culture, Media and Sport

Chris Smith - Secretary of State: Overall responsibility
Tom Clarke - Minister of State: Film and Tourism; Royal Palaces and Parks; Devolution and Regional and Local government issues
Tony Banks - PUSS: Sport, built heritage, architecture and design, European and international issues - will support on National Lottery and Millennium
Mark Fisher - PUSS: Arts, museums, galleries, libraries, Information Technology, education - will support on broadcasting and media

Northern Ireland Office

Mo Mowlam* - Secretary of State
Adam Ingram - Minister of State: security; and economic development; co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic in economic and social areas as well as security
Paul Murphy - Minister of State: Political development; Department of Finance and Personnel and the Information Service; matters relating to the EU; liaison on Scottish and Welsh Devolution
Lord Dubs - PUSS: DoEnvironment and Agriculture; NI matters in the House of Lords
Tony Worthington - PUSS: Dept of Education, Training and Employment Agency, Dept of Health and Social Services and Community Relations; oversight of Employment Equality review; Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights

Office of Public Service

(Rt Hon Derek Foster - Minister of State - RESIGNED 6 MAY 1997)
Peter Kilfoyle - Parliamentary Secretary

Privy Council Office

Ann Taylor - President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Richard - Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

Scottish Office

Donald Dewar* - Secretary of State
Henry McLeish - Minister of State: Home Affairs and Devolution
Brian Wilson - Minister of State: Education and Industry
Lord Seel - PUSS
Sam Galbraith - PUSS
Malcolm Chisholm - PUSS: Local Govt and Transport, Agriculture, Fish, Environment and Forestry

Department of Social Security

Harriet Harman* - Secretary of State: also Minister for Women
Frank Field - Minister of State: Social security and welfare reform
Keith Bradley - PUSS
Baroness Hollis of Heigham - PUSS
John Denham - PUSS

Department of Trade and Industry

Margaret Beckett* - President of the Board of Trade
Lord Clinton-Davis - Minister of State: Trade policy; export promotion; and export control
Ian McCartney - Minister of State: Labour market; company law/corporate governance; inward investment; the Post Office
John Battle - Minister of State: Manufacturing services; science and technology inc. telecommunications; energy and; enviornment issues
Nigel Griffiths - PUSS
Barbara Roche - PUSS: Competition; consumer affairs; investigations, environment issues
Nigel Griffiths - PUSS: Small firms; regional policy; trade and export matters; inward investment; some industry matters
Sir David Simon - Minister for Trade and Competitiveness: see also Treasury (to be made a peer)

Treasury

Gordon Brown* - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Geoffrey Robinson - Paymaster General
Dawn Primarolo - Financial Secretary
Helen Liddell - Economic Secretary
Sir David Simon - Minister for Trade and Competitiveness: see also Trade and Industry

Welsh Office

Ron Davies* - Secretary of State
Peter Hain - PUSS
Win Griffiths - PUSS

Whips Office

Nick Brown - Chief Whip: Parl Sec to the Treasury
George Mudie - Deputy Chief Whip: Treasurer of HM's Household
Thomas McAvoy - Government Whip: Comptroller of HM's Household
Janet Anderson - Government Whip: Vice Chamberlain of HM's Household

Government Whips: Lord Commissioners of HM's Treasury

Robert Ainsworth
Graham Allen
James Dowd
John McFall
John Owen Jones

Assistant Government Whips

Clive Betts
David Clelland
Kevin Hughes
David Jamieson
Jane Kennedy
Greg Pope
Bridget Prentice

Lords Whips

Lord Carter - Chief Whip: Captain of the Gentleman at Arms
Lord McIntosh of Haringey - Deputy Chief Whip: Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard

Lords in Waiting

Lord Haskel - Whip
Bns Farrington of Ribbleton - Whip
Lord Whitty - Whip
Bns Gould of Potternewton - Whip
Doug Hoyle: Lord - Whip