Scots in HM Government & Opposition

' Donald Dewar said repeatedly that he wanted to implement the settled will of the Scottish people. I did not agree with that will, I still do not, and I do not suppose I ever will.' Shadow Scottish Secretary, Eleanor Laing, Conservative MP for Epping Forest, Hansard, 31 st January 2002.

UK Government

Cabinet Ministers

David Laws MP (Lib Dem) resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the 29 th May 2010 after admitting he had claimed expenses to pay rent to his partner.
Danny Alexander MP (Lib Dem) replaced Mr Laws as Chief Secretary, while Michael Moore MP (Lib Dem) replaced Mr Alexander as Scottish Secretary.

	Chief Secretary to the Treasury (also provides ministerial support to the Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office)
	Rt Hon Danny Alexander, MP (Liberal Democrat) (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey)
	Secretary of State for Scotland
	Rt Hon Michael Moore, MP (Liberal Democrat) (Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk)

Ministers of State

None of the 11 Scottish Liberal Democrat or one Conservative & Unionist MPs were appointed as Ministers of State.

Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland
	Rt Hon David Mundell, MP (Conservative & Unionist) (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale)

Government Whips

	Comptroller of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)
	Alistair Carmichael, MP (Liberal Democrat) (Orkney & Shetland)

Law Officers

	Advocate General for Scotland
	Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (Liberal Democrat)

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party form the Government in Scotland

	Parliamentary Leader (Westminster Group), Foreign Affairs; Defence
	Angus Robertson, MP (Moray)
	Chief Whip; Treasury
	Stewart Hosie, MP (Dundee East)
	Energy; Department Business Innovation and Skills
	Mike Weir, MP (Angus)
	Transport; Rural Affairs; Scotland Office
	Angus B. MacNeil, MP (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
	Culture, Media & Sport; Constitutional Affairs; International Development
	Pete Wishart, MP (Perth & North Perthshire)
	Dr Eilidh Whiteford, MP (Banff & Buchan)

Labour

Ex-Ministers will continue to shadow their old positions until new appointments are made at the next conference in September. Alistair Darling is to step down from the Shadow Cabinet in September.

Shadow Cabinet

	Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
	Alistair Darling, MP (Edinburgh South West)
	Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
	Jim Murphy, MP (East Renfrewshire)
	Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
	Douglas Alexander, MP (Paisley & Renfrewshire South)

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

	Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland
	Anne McKechin, MP (Glasgow North)

The Speaker & Deputies

	The Speaker of the House of Commons (23 rd October 2000 - 22 nd June 2009)
	Rt Hon Michael Martin MP
On 18 May 2010, John Bercow MP was re-appointed as Speaker. At the end of the 2009-10 session the Speaker and Deputy Speakers were: Speaker of the House of Commons: John Bercow MP Chairman of Ways & Means: Sir Alan Hazelhurst MP First Deputy Chairman of Ways & Means: Sylvia Heal MP Second Deputy Chairman of Ways & Means: Sir Michael Lord

Father of the House of Commons

	Father of the House of Commons 2001 - 2005
	Sir Tam Daylell of the Binns, MP
The new Father of the House is Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle) At the end of the 2009-10 session the Father of the House of Commons was: Alan Williams MP (Swansea West)