The Scottish and Scotland Offices

'The conflict that will determine Scotland's future is the antipathy between the Nationalists and Labour, between those whose model of sovereignty is the Scottish people and those whose loyalty lies with the Crown and Westminster.' Parcel of Rogues, Channel 4 Television, April 1998.

The Scotland Office, 27 th July 1999 - 28 th June 2007

Responsibility for the Scottish Office was transferred to the devolved Scottish Parliament in July 1999. The UK government section became The Scotland Office.

Labour Government under Rt Hon Tony Blair in UK (Labour-LibDem Scottish Executive under Rt Hon Donald Dewar in Scotland)
Date	Secretary of State	Deputy Secretary of State
29 July 1999 After Scottish Parliament assumed its powers	Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP	Brian Wilson MP
Date	Secretary of State	Deputy Secretary of State
24 January 2001 After appointment of Dr John Reid as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Brian Wilson as Minister of State at the Foreign Office	Rt Hon Helen Lawrie Liddell MP	Rt Hon George Foulkes MP
Labour Government under Rt Hon Tony Blair in UK (Labour-LibDem Scottish Executive under Rt Hon Henry McLeish in Scotland)
Date	Secretary of State	Deputy Secretary of State
8 June 2001 New administration	Rt Hon Helen Lawrie Liddell MP	Rt Hon George Foulkes MP
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
29 May 2002 After sacking of George Foulkes and office of Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland abolished	Rt Hon Helen Lawrie Liddell MP	Anne McGuire MP

Date	Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs	PUSS
12 June 2003 After office of Secretary of State for Scotland is abolished and responsibility for Scotland transferred to Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs	Rt Hon Charles Leslie Falconer, Lord Falconer of Thoroton	Anne McGuire MP

Date	Secretary of State for Transport & Scotland	PUSS
13 June 2003 After office of Secretary of State for Scotland restored	Rt Hon Alasdair Darling MP	Anne McGuire MP
Labour Government under Rt Hon Tony Blair in UK (Labour-LibDem Scottish Executive under Rt Hon Jack McConnell in Scotland)
Date	Secretary of State for Transport & Scotland	PUSS
6 May 2005 New administration	Rt Hon Alasdair Darling MP	Anne McGuire MP
Date	Secretary of State for Transport & Scotland	PUSS
11 May 2005 After Anne McGuire promoted to Disabilities Minister in Department for Work & Pensions	Rt Hon Alasdair Darling MP 1	Father David Cairns MP
Date	Secretary of State for Transport & Scotland	PUSS
5 May 2006 After appointment of Alasdair Darling as Secretary of State for Trade	Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP	Father David Cairns MP 2

¹ Also Advocate General for Scotland, from the resignation of Baroness Clark of Calton on the 18 th January 2006 in order to become a Senator of the College of Justice (judge) until the appointment of Neil Davidson on the 21 st March 2006.

² Also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Department for Regional Development (DRD), Department of the Environment (DoE)) from 9 th May 2006.