 | 'Gordon seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't even say good morning, and I found out later in the day why. John Reid rang me to tell me that Wendy Alexander had been forced to pull out of the race for Scottish first minister, because of lack of support and because the unions refused to back her, even though Gordon had tried to get them to override the one-member-one-vote ballot and just nominate her.' From David Blunket's dairies, 11 th November 2001. |  |
Henry McLeish resigned as First Minister of Scotland on the 8 th November 2001 and was replaced by Jack McConnell on the 27 th November 2001. McConnell made a large number of number of changes to the Scottish Ministers:
Angus MacKay was sacked as Minister of Finance & Local Government with Andy Kerr being appointed from the backbenches to the new post of Minister of Finance & Public Services.
Susan Deacon was sacked as Minister for Health & Community Care and her Deputy, Malcolm Chisholm appointed in her place.
Tom McCabe was sacked as Minister for Parliament, Business Manager & Chief Whip with former Deputy Presiding Officer, Patricia Ferguson appointed as Minister for Parliamentary Business in his place.
Jackie Baillie was sacked as Minister for Social Justice and Deputy Minister for Justice, Iain Gray appointed in her place.
Sarah Boyack was sacked as Minister for Transport & Planning with her Transport brief being added to the portfolio of Wendy Alexander, who became Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning.
Cathy Jamieson was promoted from the backbenches to replace Jack McConnell as Minister for Education, & Young People.
A new Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport was created with Lord Watson of Invergowrie and Dr Elaine Murray being promoted from the backbenches as Minister and Deputy Minister respectively.
Rhona Brankin was sacked as Deputy Minister for Rural Development with Allan Wilson, who had Deputy Minister for Sport & Culture, with direct responsibility to First Minister Henry McLeish., being appointed in her place.
Alasdair Morrison was sacked as Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Lifelong Learning & Gaelic with Dr Lewis McDonald, Deputy Minister for Transport ≈ Planning becomming Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning.
Health & Community care was given a second Deputy Ministerial post with Hugh Henry and Mary Mulligan being promoted from the backbenches to fill the two vacancies.
Dr Richard Simpson was promoted from the backbenches to replace Iain Gray as Deputy Minister for Justice.
The title of Nicol Stephen was changed from Deputy Minister for Education Europe & External Affairs to Deputy Minister for Education & Young People.
The Solicitor General, Neil Davidson resigned on the 27 th November 2001 and was replaced by Elish Angiolini on the 28 th November 2001.
| The First Minister | |||
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First Minister & Custodian of the Great Seal of Scotland | ||
| Rt Hon Jack McConnell, MSP | |||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £110,625 From 1 st April 2002: £118,059 | |||
| The responsibilities of the First Minister include: Head of Scottish Executive. With the Deputy First Minister, responsible for the development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies. | |||
| Ministers | Deputy Ministers | ||
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Deputy First Minister, Minister for Justice |  |
Deputy Minister for Justice |
| Rt Hon James Wallace, QC MSP | Dr Richard Simpson MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| 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. External relations, especially development and implementation of links with Europe. Home affairs, including civil law and criminal justice, criminal justice social work services, police, fire, prisons, courts, law reform, freedom of information. | |||
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Minister for Education, & Young People |  |
Deputy Minister for Education & Young People |
| Cathy Jamieson, MSP | Nicol Stephen, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Education & Young People include: Pre-school and school education, children and young people. | |||
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Minister for Health & Community Care |  |
Deputy Minister for Minister for Health & Community Care |
| Malcolm Chisholm, MSP | Hugh Henry MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| Health & Community Care had two Deputy Ministers. |  |
Deputy Minister for Minister for Health & Community Care | |
| Mary Mulligan MSP | |||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | |||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Health & Community Care include: Health policy; the National Health Service in Scotland, community care and food safety. | |||
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Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning |  |
Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning |
| Wendy Alexander, MSP | Dr Lewis Macdonald, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning include: The economy, transport, business and industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, trade and inward investment, energy, further and higher education, public transport, roads, lifeline air and ferry services, lifelong learning and training. Minister for Science. | |||
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Minister for Environment & Rural Development |
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Deputy Minister for Environment & Rural Development |
| Ross Finnie, MSP | Allan Wilson, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Environment & Rural Development include: The environment and natural heritage, renewable energy, land reform, water, sustainable development, rural development including aquaculture and forestry. Responsible for agriculture and fisheries. | |||
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Minister for Finance & Public Services | 
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Deputy Minister for Finance & Public Services |
| Andy Kerr, MSP | Peter Peacock, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Finance & Public Services include: The Scottish Budget, better public service delivery, modernising government including civil service reform, local government and European Structural Funds. Responsible for overseeing strategic communications. | |||
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Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport |  |
Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport |
| Lord Watson of Invergowrie, MSP | Dr Elaine Murray, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport include: Tourism, sport, culture, and the Arts, the built heritage, architecture, Historic Scotland, lottery funding and Gaelic. | |||
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Minister for Social Justice |  |
Deputy Minister for Social Justice |
| Iain Gray, MSP | Margaret Curran, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Social Justice include: Social inclusion, housing and area regeneration including the promotion of sustainable urban development, cities, the land use planning system and building standards, equality issues and the voluntary sector. | |||
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Minister for Parliamentary Business |  |
Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business |
| Patricia Ferguson, MSP | Euan Robson, MSP | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £77,851 From 1 st April 2002: £84,468 |
Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £60,835 From 1 st April 2002: £70,927 | ||
| The responsibilities of the Minister for Parliamentary Business include: Parliamentary affairs and the management of Executive business in the Parliament and Parliamentary liaison, public appointments policy and quango governance. Responsible for the co-ordination of Executive policy and the management of cross-cutting issues. | |||
| Law Officers | |||
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Lord Advocate |  |
Solicitor General |
| Colin Boyd QC | Elish Angiolini | ||
| Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £88,687 From 1 st April 2002: £95,577 |
Appointed 28 th November 2001 Salary: From 1 st April 2001: £75,895 From 1 st April 2002: £82,465 | ||
Labour ministers are highlighted in red and Liberal Democrats in puce.
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