It was therefore encouraging when in a major speech in June 2013,
the Scottish cabinet secretary for culture Fiona Hyslop veered away from the economic justification for the arts that Westminster holds to, saying «We actively support the case for public subsidy of the arts.
The ban «risks constraining Scotland's contribution to research and leaving Scotland without access to agricultural innovations which are making farming more sustainable elsewhere in the world,» 28 science organizations maintain in a letter sent on 17 August to
the Scottish cabinet secretary for rural affairs, food and environment, Richard Lochhead.
Not exact matches
The
Cabinet Secretary also announced a # 2.64 million
Scottish Funding Council package to establish a Scotland - wide food and drink innovation network with 17
Scottish universities.
The
cabinet secretary for the
Scottish Government has said ministers are «considering a number of options» with regards to plastic straws, according to Forbes.
Richard Lochhead MSP,
Cabinet Secretary for Food, chose a Real Bread Campaign supporter bakery to launch a new # 70m support scheme for
Scottish food and drink businesses.
Fergus Ewing,
Scottish Government
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, comments: «
Scottish food and drink exports are at an all - time high — with world - renowned
Scottish goods like salmon and whisky being consumed across the globe at record levels.
Dewar first became an MP in 1966 at the age of 28, and oversaw devolution as
Scottish Secretary in Tony Blair's first
Cabinet.
«There will certainly be a
Scottish Secretary in my
Cabinet.
A cronyism row which saw an SNP
cabinet secretary rubber - stamp a # 150,000 grant to the organisers of the T in the Park music festival after a meeting brokered by a former party adviser may have caused First Minister Nicola Sturgeon the inconvenience of having to answer some awkward questions in the
Scottish Parliament but it has done her party no discernible harm.
The news that
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has been sacked in the UK
cabinet reshuffle inevitably led to speculation that change could affect the Wales Office too.
The SNP may currently have only 54 MPs, but it would also would find it much easier to fill the shadow
cabinet posts than Corbyn, who still has many positions, including the Shadow
Scottish Secretary, vacant.
Des McNulty (born 28 July 1952, Stockport (then Cheshire, England), UK) is a Labour politician, and was a Member of the
Scottish Parliament for the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency from 1999 to 2011, serving as Labour's Shadow
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning until he was defeated for re-election at the 2011 election.
The former deputy government chief whip and Lib Dem chief whip Alistair «Mr Whippy» Carmichael has been promoted to
Scottish Secretary, in the only
cabinet move in this reshuffle.
Who, for example, is going to be the
Scottish secretary in the
Cabinet?
John Swinney,
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, said: «I have great hopes for What Works Scotland in deepening and scaling up the
Scottish approach to public service delivery and reform.
Justice
secretary Chris Grayling is the first
Cabinet minister to attempt to exclude
Scottish MPs from voting against his department's controversial changes.
* Alistair Darling, Chancellor; Alan Johnson; Home
Secretary; David Miliband, Foreign
Secretary; Lord Mandelson, Business
Secretary; Bob Ainsworth, Defence
Secretary; Yvette Cooper, Department of Work and Pensions; Ed Balls, Children's
Secretary; John Denham, Communities
Secretary; Andy Burnham, Culture
Secretary; Peter Hain, Welsh
Secretary; Douglas Alexander, International Development
Secretary; Hilary Benn, Environment
Secretary; Lord Adonis, Transport
Secretary; Ben Bradshaw, Culture
Secretary; Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons; Jack Straw, Justice
Secretary; Ed Miliband, Energy
Secretary; Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland
Secretary; Baroness Royall, Leader of the House of Lords; Tessa Jowell,
Cabinet Office Minister; Jim Murphy,
Scottish Secretary; Liam Byrne, Chief
Secretary to the Treasury;
The
Cabinet appointees are: • Nick Clegg (Lib Dem): deputy prime minister • George Osborne (Cons): chancellor of the exchequer • William Hague (Cons): foreign
secretary • Theresa May (Cons): home secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Theresa May (Cons): home
secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence
secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice
secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health
secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business
secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools
secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief
secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education
secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport
secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem):
Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities
secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland
secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions
secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh
secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
secretary • International Development
Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baron
Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baroness Warsi
He was appointed to Margaret Thatcher's first government in 1979, and joined the
Cabinet in 1986 as
Scottish secretary
He was re-elected as an MSP at the 2011
Scottish Parliament election and appointed
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.
In June 2017
Scottish the
Scottish Deputy First Minister and
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney, announced plans to reform the General Teaching Council for Scotland, bringing it together with other professional development bodies in a new Education Workforce Council for Scotland, similar to the Education Workforce Council in Wales.