HER MAJESTY's GOVERNMENT Following the Queen's Approval of the Ministerial Appointments and Resignations Announced This Week

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HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT Following The Queen’s approval of the ministerial appointments and resignations announced this week, the Government is constituted as follows:

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

 Rt Hon David Cameron MP

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)

 Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons  First Secretary of State, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon William Hague MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Deputy Leader) – Rt Hon Tom Brake MP*

HM Treasury  Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon George Osborne MP  Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP  Financial Secretary – David Gauke MP  Exchequer Secretary – Priti Patel MP†  Economic Secretary – Andrea Leadsom MP†  Commercial Secretary – Lord Deighton KBE*

Home Office  Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Theresa May MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Norman Baker MP  Minister of State – James Brokenshire MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Karen Bradley MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE

Foreign and Commonwealth Office  Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP  Senior Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government**)  Minister of State – Rt Hon David Lidington MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP  Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Livingston of Parkhead (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)*  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Simmonds MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tobias Ellwood MP

Ministry of Justice  Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Mike Penning MP (jointly with the Home Office)  Minister of State – Lord Faulks QC*  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Shailesh Vara MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Selous MP* (and an Assistant Whip (paid))

Ministry of Defence  Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Mark Francois MP  Minister of State – Anna Soubry MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Philip Dunne MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Astor of Hever DL*  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Julian Brazier MP

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills  Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP  Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office)**  Minister of State – Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change)**  Minister of State – Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

 Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Livingston of Parkhead (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)*  Minister of State – Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Education)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson MP (jointly with the Department for Education)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department of Health)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE

Department for Work and Pensions  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Esther McVey MP**  Minister of State – Rt Hon Steve Webb MP  Minister of State – Mark Harper MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Freud*

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords  Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Privy Seal – Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE**  Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Advocate General for Scotland)

Department of Health  Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dr Daniel Poulter MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jane Ellison MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – George Freeman MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

Department for Communities and Local Government  Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP  Senior Minister of State (Faith and Communities) – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi** (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)  Minister of State – Brandon Lewis MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Williams MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kris Hopkins MP

 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Penny Mordaunt MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Department for Education  Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office**)  Minister of State – Nick Boles MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)  Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Timpson MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sam Gyimah MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Department for International Development  Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP

Department of Energy and Climate Change  Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Rt Hon Edward Davey MP  Minister of State –Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)**  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Amber Rudd MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Verma

Department for Transport  Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP  Minister of State – Rt Hon John Hayes MP (and senior Parliamentary adviser to the Prime Minister)  Minister of State – Baroness Kramer  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robert Goodwill MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Claire Perry MP

Scotland Office  Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon David Mundell MP

Northern Ireland Office  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Murrison MP

Wales Office  Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alun Cairns MP* (and Government Whip (paid))  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Randerson*

Department for Culture, Media and Sport  Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP  Minister of State – Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Helen Grant MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dan Rogerson MP  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord de Mauley TD  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – George Eustice MP

Cabinet Office  Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General – Rt Hon Francis Maude MP**  Minister for Government Policy, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP**  Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP** (jointly with the Department for Education)  Minister of State – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)**  Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP  Parliamentary Secretary – Sam Gyimah MP (jointly with the Department for Education)  Parliamentary Secretary – Brooks Newmark MP

Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State)  Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP* & ** (and Chair of the Conservative Party)

Law Officers  Attorney General – Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP**  Solicitor General – Robert Buckland MP  Advocate General for Scotland – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Deputy Leader of the Lords)

Whips – House of Commons  Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP**  Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP  Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Rt Hon Don Foster MP  Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Anne Milton MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Mark Lancaster MP  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP*  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – John Penrose MP  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Gavin Barwell MP  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Harriett Baldwin MP  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Alun Cairns MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)

Assistant Whips  Assistant Government Whip – Andrew Selous MP (and a Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice*)  Assistant Government Whip – Thérèse Coffey MP  Assistant Government Whip – Mel Stride MP  Assistant Government Whip – Ben Wallace MP  Assistant Government Whip – Damian Hinds MP  Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP  Assistant Government Whip – Jenny Willott MP

Whips – House of Lords  Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) –Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE  Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – Lord Newby OBE

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting  Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover*  Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Jolly*  Baroness in Waiting –Baroness Williams of Trafford  Lord in Waiting – Lord Popat of Harrow  Lord in Waiting – Lord Gardiner of Kimble  Lord in Waiting – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Saltaire*  Lord in Waiting – Lord Ashton of Hyde  Lord in Waiting – Lord Bates

The Privy Council The Queen has been pleased to appoint the following to Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council:  Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE  Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP  Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP  Rt Hon Norman Baker MP  Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP  Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP  Rt Hon Steve Webb MP  Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP  Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP

Notes to editors: * unpaid ** attends Cabinet † paid as a Parliamentary Secretary Gavin Williamson MP is the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister