18 May 2010

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:

Home Office

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State—James Brokenshire MP

Department of Energy and Climate Change

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State—Lord Marland*

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State—The Hon Ed Vaizey MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

Junior Lords of the Treasury

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)—Michael Fabricant MP

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)—Angela Watkinson MP

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)—Jeremy Wright MP

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)—Brooks Newmark MP*

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)—James Duddridge MP

Assistant Whips

• Assistant Government Whip—Philip Dunne MP*

• Assistant Government Whip—Stephen Crabb MP

• Assistant Government Whip—Robert Goodwill MP

• Assistant Government Whip—Shailesh Vara MP

• Assistant Government Whip—Bill Wiggin MP

• Assistant Government Whip—Chloe Smith MP

• Assistant Government Whip—Norman Lamb MP (and Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister)

• Assistant Government Whip—Mark Hunter MP

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

• Baroness in Waiting—Baroness Northover*

* unpaid