The Scottish Government

saltire shield'Labour's two most senior figures in Scotland have sought to play down derogatory comments about two UK ministerial colleagues. Scottish Secretary Helen Liddell and First Minister Henry McLeish were overheard making less than flattering assessments of the Northern Ireland Secretary, Dr John Reid, and the Foreign Office Minister, Brian Wilson, before a news conference on Friday. A journalist from radio station ScotFM recorded the remarks during an unguarded moment before the press conference. Mr McLeish can be heard describing Mr Wilson as 'a liability'. He is also heard describing Dr Reid, as 'a patronising bastard'.
BBC Scotland News, 8 th June 2001.		Lion Rampant

The Government of Scotland

The Scottish Executive, 29 th October 2000 - 10 th March 2001

Executive
Team McLeish:
From left to right, Front row: Sarah Boyack, Jackie Bailie, Jack McConnell, Wendy Alexander, Jim Wallace, Henry McLeish, Susan Deacon, Ross Finnie, Angus MacKay, Sam Galbraith, Tom McCabe
Second row: Tavish Scott, Malcolm Chisholm, Margaret Curran, Neil Davidson, Colin Boyd, Peter Peacock, Rhona Brankin, Nicol Stephen

First Minister of Scotland the Rt Hon Donald Dewar MSP MP died on the 11 th October 2000. Henry Mcleish was elected as his successor on the 29 th October 2000. He made a number of changes to ministerial posts:
Sarah Boyack's Environment brief was given to Dr Sam Galbraith who was appointed Minister for the Environment, Sport & Culture. Sarah Boyack continued as Minister for Planning.
Jack McConnell replaced Dr Sam Galbraith as Minister for Children & Education, becoming Minister for Education, Europe & External Affairs.
Angus MacKay was promoted to Minister of Minance & Local Government, replacing Jack McConnell.
Wendy Alexander was appointed to McLeish's post as Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning.
Jackie Baillie, Wendy Alexander's Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality, & the Voluntary Sector was promoted to become Minister for Social Justice.
Frank McAveerty was sacked as Deputy Minister for Local Government with Peter Peacock transferred to become Minister for Finance & Local Government. Iain Smith was sacked as Deputy Business Manager & Lib Dem Chief Whip and replaced with Tavish Scott as Deputy Minister for Parliament.
John Home Robertson was sacked as Deputy Minister for Rural Development and replaced by Rhona Brankin.
Allan Wilson was promoted from the backbenches to replace Rhona Brankin as Deputy Minister for Culture & Sport.
Margaret Curran was promoted from the backbences to become Deputy Minister for Social Justice.
Iain Gray, Deputy Minister for Community Care was transferred to Deputy Minister for Justice.
One of the two deputy ministerial positions at Enterprise & Lifelong learning were cut with Nicol Stephen being moved to Deputy Minister for Education Europe & External Affairs.

The First Minister
Henry McLeish MSP First Minister & Custodian of the Great Seal of Scotland
Rt Hon Henry Baird McLeish, MSP MP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £107,428
The responsibilities of the First Minister include: Head of the Scottish Executive. With the Deputy First Minister, responsible for the development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies.
Ministers Deputy Ministers
Jim Wallace QC Deputy First Minister, Minister for Justice Iain Gray MSP Deputy Minister for Justice
Rt Hon James Wallace, QC MSP Iain Gray, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice include: With the First Minister, responsible for the development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies. Responsible for Home Affairs, including civil law and criminal justice, criminal justice social work services, police, fire, prisons and courts, law reform, land reform policy and freedom of information.
Jack McConnell MSP Minister for Education, Europe & External Affairs Nicol Stephen MSP Deputy Minister for Education, Europe & External Affairs
Jack McConnell, MSP Nicol Stephen, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Education, Europe & External Affairs include: Responsible for pre-school and school education, children and young people. Supports the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in external relations, especially development and implementation of links with Europe.
Wendy Alexander MSP Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning Alasdair Morrison MSP Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Lifelong Learning & Gaelic
Wendy Alexander, MSP Alasdair Morrison, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning include: Responsible for the Economy, Business and Industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, tourism, trade and inward investment, further and higher education, the science base and e-commerce, Digital Scotland, lifelong learning, training and the delivery of the new deal.
Sam Galbraith MSP Minister for the Environment, Sport & Culture Allan Wilson MSP Deputy Minister for Sport & Culture
Dr Sam Galbraith, MP, MSP Allan Wilson, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for the Environment, Sport & Culture include: Responsible for the environment, water, natural heritage, sustainable development, strategic environmental assessments, the land-use planning system, sport, culture and the arts, the built heritage, architecture, Historic Scotland and lottery funding.
Angus MacKay MSP Minister for Finance & Local Government Peter Peacock MSP Deputy Minister for Finance & Local Government
Angus MacKay, MSP Peter Peacock, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Finance & Local Government include: Responsible for the Scottish Budget, European structural funds, local government (including finance), 21 st Century Government encompassing e-government, Modernising Government and Civil Service Reform. Supports the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in oversight of the Executive's central functions.
Susan Deacon MSP Minister for Health & Community Care Malcolm Chisholm MSP Deputy Minister for Health & Community Care
Susan Deacon, MSP Malcolm Chisholm, MP, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Health & Community Care include: Responsible for health policy, the National Health Service in Scotland, community care, and food safety.
Tom McCabe MSP Minister for Parliament Tavish Scott MSP Deputy Minister for Parliament
Tom McCabe, MSP Tavish Scott, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Parliament include: Responsible for Parliamentary Affairs and the management of Executive business in the Parliament and Parliamentary Liaison. Supports the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister in the co-ordination of Executive policy, management of cross-cutting priorities and overseeing strategic communications.
The responsibilities of the Deputy Minister for Parliament include: Deputy to the Minister for Parliament. Particular responsibility for the Parliamentary handling of the legislative programme and management of cross-cutting priorities. Liberal Democrat Business Manager.
Ross Finnie MSP Minister for Rural Development Rhona Brankin MSP Deputy Minister for Rural Development
Ross Finnie, MSP Rhona Brankin, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Rural Development include: Responsible for policy in relation to rural development including agriculture, fisheries and forestry.
Jackie Baillie MSP Minister for Social Justice Margaret Curran MSP Deputy Minister for Social Justice
Jackie Bailie, MSP Margaret Curran, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £59,062
The responsibilities of the Minister for Social Justice include: Responsible for social inclusion and housing, equality issues and the voluntary sector.
Sarah Boyack MSP Minister for Transport No Deputy Minister
Sarah Boyack, MSP
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £75,582
The responsibilities of the Minister for Transport include: Responsible for roads and transport.
Law Officers
Lord Boyd QC Lord Advocate Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Solicitor General
Colin Boyd QC Neil Davidson QC (later Lord Davidson of Glen Clova)
Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £86,104		 Salary:
From 1 st April 2000: £73,684

Labour ministers are highlighted in red and Liberal Democrats in puce.

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