Friday 14 October 2011

Details of Ministerial appointments have been announced

Following the resignation from Government of the Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, currently Secretary of State for Transport, to become Secretary of State for Defence;

• Justine Greening MP, currently Economic Secretary at HM Treasury, to become Secretary of State for Transport;

• Chloe Smith MP, currently an Assistant Whip in the House of Commons, to become Economic Secretary at HM Treasury†;

• Greg Hands MP to become an Assistant Whip in the House of Commons.

†Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary