Former
cabinet secretary Lord Butler of Brockwell said he backs an amendment calling for the public to be consulted again on the Government's final Brexit deal.
As Lords Committee looks into whether Scotland needs a separate civil service, former
Cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell says London house prices «seriously damage mobility» between Whitehall and the rest of the UK
Former
cabinet secretary Lord Armstrong says PM should follow Thatcher's example by being patient in EU negotiations
Mr Coulson's appointment will come under renewed examination tomorrow when former
Cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell gives evidence.
As former
cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell has pointed out, the main impact of minority government is an increase in backroom political deal - making.
Coalition makes clear just how central a figure former
Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell had been during those hectic five days in May.
10.15 am: Former
cabinet secretaries Lord Armstrong, Lord Wilson, Lord Turnbull and Lord O'Donnell give evidnce to the Lords constitutional committee on the role of civil servants.
Not exact matches
Yonder among the delegates to the left is
Lord Balfour, former
secretary for Scotland in the British
Cabinet and a leader in church and state.
The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation was registered in January 2006, and is run by a body of trustees chaired by
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, who, as Sir Robert Armstrong, was Heath's principal private
secretary during his premiership (and was later Margaret Thatcher's
Cabinet secretary for many years).
David Lidington has been appointed
Lord Chancellor and Justice
Secretary in a reshuffle of the
cabinet.
His return to
cabinet as justice
secretary and
lord chancellor is a reward for his continued loyalty to Cameron.
Speaking in the House of Lords
Lord Patten, who held a number of junior ministerial roles before joining John Major's
cabinet as education
secretary in 1992, claimed there was a role for «grown - up SpAds» but said there are too many and they often have too high opinion of themselves.
Reports over the weekend suggested that
Lord Justice Leveson called
Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to complain about Mr Gove's February quote, although it is unclear whether he demanded the education
secretary be gagged.
Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow
cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice
Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.
The move tears up reforms introduced by Mr Cameron in 2011, when he split the roles of
Cabinet Secretary, head of the Home Civil Service and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes ha
Secretary, head of the Home Civil Service and permanent
secretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes ha
secretary at the
Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now
Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes had failed.
On the World at One
Lord O'Donnell, the former
cabinet secretary, defended the rules introduced by David Cameron about limiting the right of pro-Brexit ministers to see certain government papers.
Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First
Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home
Secretary: David Davis Foreign
Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment
Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice
Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith
Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence
Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy
Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords:
Lord Strathclyde Nations
Secretary:
Lord Trimble Education
Secretary: Michael Gove Health
Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities
Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform
Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development
Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice
Secretary &
Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport
Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs
Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government
Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture
Secretary: Julie Kirkbride
Chris Grayling, the justice
secretary, who is also the
lord chancellor, has been the most vociferous
cabinet minister on the issue, claiming that the Strasbourg court was being allowed to take precedence over homegrown law.
In other changes, another former NEC chair and former general
secretary of the Fabian Society, Baroness Hayter, joins the
Cabinet Office team and, with
Lord Tunnicliffe, the team covering business, innovation and skills, where Labour said it would focus work on its concerns about jobs and growth in the economy.
The BBC has just released extracts from an interview that Carolyn Quinn has conducted with
Lord O'Donnell, the former
cabinet secretary, for this weekend's Westminster Hour on Radio 4.
After the 2015 general election, Prime Minister David Cameron promoted Gove as
Lord Chancellor and Justice
Secretary in his newly formed
Cabinet.
Was there, he asked
Lord Butler, the former
Cabinet Secretary, anyone else to whom the Queen might turn?
Just moments after his former
cabinet colleague Tom Watson released a carefully worded statement -
Lord Falconer has tendered his resignation as Shadow Justice
Secretary.
* 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): Baroness W
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 W
Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baroness Warsi
Former Macfarlanes lawyer David Gauke MP has been appointed
Lord Chancellor and
Secretary of State for Justice in today's (8 January)
cabinet reshuffle.