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| Monday, 28 October, 2002, 13:24 GMT The new government team BBC News Online provides a full list of Tony Blair's government team as it stands after the reshuffle in October 2002. Prime Minister is Tony Blair Law Officers Lord Goldsmith QC is attorney general Harriet Harman is solicitor general Lynda Clark is advocate general for Scotland Office of the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is deputy prime minister Christopher Leslie and Tony McNulty are parliamentary under-secretaries Lord Rooker, previously at the Home Office, is a minister for housing and planning Nick Raynsford is still local government and regions minister Barbara Roche is minister for social exclusion and deputy minister for women Cabinet Office All the Cabinet Office ministers report to Tony Blair directly Former Transport Minster Lord MacDonald is minister for the Cabinet Office Douglas Alexander is minister for state HM Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer is Gordon Brown Paul Boateng became Chief Secretary to the Treasury in May 2002 Dawn Primarolo is paymaster general Ruth Kelly is financial secretary John Healey is economic secretary Leader of the House of Commons Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is leader of the House of Commons Junior Foreign Office Minister Ben Bradshaw is parliamentary secretary Lord Chancellor's Department Lord Irvine of Lairg is Lord Chancellor Former Health Minister Yvette Cooper, Baroness Scotland of Asthal and Rosie Winterton are parliamentary secretaries Foreign Office Jack Straw stays foreign secretary Mike O'Brien rejoined his former Home Office boss in May 2002 to become a parliamentary under-secretary Former Defence Minister Baroness Symons remains minister for trade (also DTI) Denis MacShane was appointed as Europe minister in October 2002 Baroness Amos and former whip Bill Rammell are still junior ministers Home Office David Blunkett stays as home secretary John Denham is minister for police and crime reduction Beverley Hughes is minister for citizenship and immigration Lord Falconer of Thoroton is minister for the criminal justice system Bob Ainsworth and Lord Filkin are parliamentary under-secretaries Hilary Benn, a former international development minister, is minister for prisons Michael Wills is parliamentary under secretary for criminal justice system IT Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Former Leader of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett is in charge as secretary of state Michael Meacher is environment minister Former Wales First Minister Alun Michael is minister for rural affairs Elliot Morley and Lord Whitty are junior ministers Department for International Development Clare Short is international development secretary Sally Keeble is parliamentary under secretary Department for Work and Pensions Andrew Smith is the new secretary of state for work and pensions, a promotion from his former cabinet role as chief secretary to the Treasury Former Agriculture Minister Nick Brown is minister for work Ian McCartney is minister for pensions Baroness Hollis of Heigham, Malcolm Wicks and Maria Eagle are parliamentary under secretary Department for Transport Alistair Darling, former Work and Pensions Secretary, is secretary of state for transport Former Defence Minister John Spellar is minister of state David Jamieson is parliamentary under secretary Department of Health Alan Milburn is health secretary John Hutton is a minister of state, as is Jacqui Smith Lord Hunt of Kingsheath, David Lammy and Hazel Blears are parliamentary under secretaries Northern Ireland Office Paul Murphy became Northern Ireland Secretary in the October 2002 reshuffle after being Welsh Secretary. Jane Kennedy is a minister of state Des Browne is a parliamentary secretary; Ian Pearson and Angela Smith are parliamentary under secretaries Wales Office Peter Hain joined the cabinet as Wales Secretary in the October 2002 reshuffle Don Touhig is a parliamentary under secretary Ministry of Defence Geoff Hoon stays on as defence secretary Adam Ingram continues as minister of state Lord Bach and Dr Lewis Moonie are junior ministers Scotland Office Helen Liddell is Scotland secretary Anne McGuire is a parliamentary secretary Department of Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt is trade and industry secretary Stephen Timms is minister for e-commerce and competitiveness Baroness Symons is trade and investment minister, as well as deputy leader of the Lords Brian Wilson is appointed energy and construction minister Alan Johnson is employment relations, industry & regions minister Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Melanie Johnson and Nigel Griffiths are parliamentary under secretaries Department for Education and Skills Charles Clarke, former Labour chairman, became education secretary after Estelle Morris' resignation David Miliband, former director of the Downing Street policy unit, is minister for schools Margaret Hodge is higher education minister Stephen Twigg and Ivan Lewis are parliamentary under secretaries Baroness Ashton is parliamentary under secretary for early years and schools standards Department for Culture, Media & Sport Tessa Jowell carries on as culture secretary Richard Caborn is sports minister Baroness Blackstone is minister for the Arts Kim Howells is junior minister House of Lords Lord Williams of Mostyn is the leader of the House of Lords Lord Grocott is government chief whip Lord McIntosh of Haringey is deputy chief whip Their team of whips is: Lord Davies of Oldham, Lord Bassam of Brighton, Baroness Crawley, Baroness Andrews and Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton. House of Commons Hilary Armstrong, local government minister remains chief whip Former Minister for London Keith Hill stays as deputy chief whip Commons whips John Heppell and Nick Ainger, Ian Pearson, Jim Fitzpatrick and Phil Woolas Assistant whips are Jim Murphy, Joan Ryan, Derek Twigg, Fraser Kemp, Angela Smith, Ivor Caplin, Gillian Merron and Dan Norris. Minister without portfolio and Labour Party chairman Former Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid took this role in October 2002 and sits in the cabinet |
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