Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business
| Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
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| Appointer | First Minister of Scotland |
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The Minister for Parliamentary Business is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government whose job it is to steer government business through the Scottish Parliament. It is currently held by Joe FitzPatrick of the Scottish National Party.
History of the office
The post was originally created in May 1999 as Chief Whip and Government Business Manager as a cabinet position in the Labour Liberal Scottish Executive along with the junior Deputy Business Manager, both positions where renamed after a few weeks to the Minister for Parliament and Deputy Minister for Parliament respectively. The posts where renamed again in November 2001 to Minister for Parliamentary Business and Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business following the election of Jack McConnell as First Minister.[1] The a cabinet post was downgrade to that of a junior minister reporting to the First Minister following the election of an SNP minority government in May 2007.[2] The post remained a junior one until the May 2011 general election after which a new cabinet post of Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy was established with the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip reporting to it,[3] this set up remained in place until a government reshuffle in September 2012 saw the cabinet post abolished with responsibility of Government Strategy being given to the Deputy First Minister.[4] and the post of Minister for Parliamentary Business being re-established reporting to both First Minister and Deputy First Minister.[5]
This changed in the reshuffle announced on 21 November 2014; Joe FitzPatrick now reports directly to Deputy First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney.
List of office holders
Cabinet position
Government Business Manager and Chief Whip | ||||||
| Name | Portrait | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | First Minister | |
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| Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish Labour Party| | Tom McCabe | 
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19 May 1999 | 12 June 1999 | Labour Party | Donald Dewar |
Minister for Parliament | ||||||
| Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish Labour Party| | Tom McCabe |
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12 June 1999 | 27 November 2001 | Labour Party | Donald Dewar Henry McLeish |
Minister for Parliamentary Business | ||||||
| Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish Labour Party| | Patricia Ferguson | 
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27 November 2001 | 4 October 2004 | Labour Party | Jack McConnell |
| Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish Labour Party| | Margaret Curran | 
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4 October 2004 | 17 May 2007 | Labour Party | Jack McConnell |
Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy | ||||||
| Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish National Party| | Bruce Crawford | .jpg)
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19 May 2011 | 5 September 2012 | Scottish National Party | Alex Salmond |
Junior Minister
See also
References
- ^ "Ministers, Law Officers and Ministerial Parliamentary Aides by Cabinet: Session 1" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Fact sheet: Ministers, Law Officers and Parliamentary Liaison Officers by Cabinet: Session 3" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Fact sheet: Ministers, Law Officers and Parliamentary Liaison Officers by Cabinet: Session 4" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Scottish cabinet reshuffle: Nicola Sturgeon given new independence role". BBC News. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Cabinet and Ministers: Biographies and responsibilities". Scottish Government. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
External links
- Minister for Parliamentary Business - Scottish Government
- Minister for Parliamentary Business - Scottish Parliament
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