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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
UK government position
UK government position
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | United Kingdom |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary | |
| body | State for Scotland |
| insignia | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Government in Scotland).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government in Scotland |
| department | Scotland Office |
| image | Official portrait of Kirsty McNeill MP crop 2.jpg |
| incumbent | Kirsty McNeill |
| incumbentsince | 9 July 2024 |
| appointer | The Monarch |
| (on the advice of the Prime Minister) | |
| inaugural | John Pratt |
| formation | 8 August 1919 |
| website | Scotland Office |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (on the advice of the Prime Minister) The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post (of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State rank) in the Government of the United Kingdom, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland. The post is also known as Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland.
History
The post was first established as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland in 1919, before becoming the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926. Additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary posts were added in 1940 and 1951, and a Minister of State post was established in 1951. In 1969–70, one of the Under-Secretary posts was replaced by an additional Minister of State. From 1974 to 1979, there were two Ministers of State and three Under-Secretaries, reverting to one Minister of State in 1979. In 1997, the second Minister of State post was reinstated, and a fourth Under-Secretary post was briefly added from August 1998.
Following devolution in 1999, the number of ministers was reduced. There is currently one Under-Secretary to support the Secretary of State, and there is no Minister of State.
List of office holders
Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland (1919–1926)
| Name | Portrait | Party | Term start | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pratt | [[File:John Pratt.jpg | 75px]] | Liberal Party | 8 August 1919 | David Lloyd George |
| James Kidd | Unionist Party | 31 October 1922 | Bonar Law | ||
| Walter Elliot | [[File:Walter Elliott MP.jpg | 75px]] | Unionist Party | 15 January 1923 | Stanley Baldwin |
| James Stewart | Labour Party | 23 January 1924 | Ramsay MacDonald | ||
| Walter Elliot | [[File:Walter Elliott MP.jpg | 75px]] | Unionist Party | 11 November 1924 | Stanley Baldwin |
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–)
|Unionist Party
| 8 November 1962 |
|---|
| Gilmour Leburn |
|
| 15 August 1963 |
|---|
| Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Brooman-White |
| |28 October 1960
| 12 December 1963 |
|---|
| The Lady Tweedsmuir |
| |Unionist Party
| 3 December 1962 |
|---|
| Anthony Stodart |
|
| 19 August 1963 |
|---|
| Gordon Campbell |
|
| 12 December 1963 |
|---|
| Dickson Mabon |
| |Labour and Co-operative Party |20 October 1964
| 7 January 1967 |
|---|
| William Hughes |
| Baron Hughes |
| |21 October 1964
| 13 October 1969 |
|---|
| Bruce Millan |
| [[File:Bruce Millan.tif |
| 6 April 1966 |
| - |
| Norman Buchan |
|
| 7 January 1967 |
|---|
| Alick Buchanan-Smith |
|
| 4 March 1974 |
|---|
| George Younger |
| [[File:George Younger.JPEG |
| 8 January 1974 |
| - |
| Sir Teddy Taylor |
| [[File:Sir Teddy Taylor.jpg |
| 28 July 1971 |
| - |
| Hector Monro |
|
| 28 July 1971 |
|---|
| Sir Teddy Taylor |
| [[File:Sir Teddy Taylor.jpg |
| 8 January 1974 |
| - |
| Robert Hughes |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Hughes of Woodside crop 2.jpg |
| 11 March 1974 |
| 22 July 1975 |
| - |
| Hugh Brown |
|
| 28 June 1974 |
|---|
| Harry Ewing |
|
| 18 October 1974 |
|---|
| - |
| James Callaghan |
| - |
| Alex Fletcher |
|
| 14 June 1983 |
|---|
| Russell Fairgrieve |
|
| 15 September 1981 |
|---|
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind |
| [[File:Malcolm Rifkind.jpg |
| 6 April 1982 |
| - |
| Allan Stewart |
| MP for Eastwood (1983–1997)}} |
| |15 September 1981
| 10 September 1986 |
|---|
| John MacKay |
| MP for Argyll and Bute (1983–1987)}} |
| |6 April 1982
| 14 June 1987 |
|---|
| Michael Ancram |
| [[File:Global Strategy Forum (6963381142) cropped.jpg |
| 13 June 1983 |
| 14 June 1987 |
| - |
| Ian Lang |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Lang of Monkton 2020 crop 2.jpg |
| 10 September 1986 |
| 13 June 1987 |
| - |
| James Douglas-Hamilton |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Selkirk of Douglas crop 2, 2019.jpg |
| 6 July 1995 |
| - |
| Michael Forsyth |
| [[File:Official Portrait of Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, 2024.jpg |
| 7 September 1990 |
| - |
| Thomas Galbraith |
| 2nd Baron Strathclyde |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2.jpg |
| 7 September 1990 |
| 14 April 1992 |
| - |
| Allan Stewart |
| |28 November 1990
| 8 February 1995 |
|---|
| Hector Monro |
| |14 April 1992
| 6 July 1995 |
|---|
| George Kynoch |
| |8 February 1995
| 2 May 1997 |
|---|
| James Lindsay-Bethune |
| 16th Earl of Lindsay |
| [[File:Official portrait of The Earl of Lindsay crop 2.jpg |
| - |
| Raymond Robertson |
| |- |Sam Galbraith | |- |John Sewel Baron Sewel
| |- |Malcolm Chisholm |[[File:MalcolmChisholmMSP20110510.JPG|75px]]
| 10 December 1997 |
|---|
| Calum MacDonald |
|
| 11 December 1997 |
|---|
| Gus Macdonald |
| Baron Macdonald of Tradeston |
| [[File:Khalid with Lord Mcdonalds (cropped).jpg |
| 3 August 1998 |
| - |
| 29 July 1999 |
| 29 May 2002 |
| - |
| Anne McGuire |
| [[File:AnneMcGuireMPPortrait.jpg |
| 29 May 2002 |
| 11 May 2005 |
| - |
| David Cairns |
| [[File:David Cairns (cropped).jpg |
| 11 May 2005 |
| 28 June 2007 |
| - |
| Ann McKechin |
| [[File:AnnMcKechinMP.jpg |
| 16 September 2008 |
| 11 May 2010 |
| Gordon Brown |
| - |
| David Mundell |
| [[File:David Mundell UK Gov.jpg |
| 14 May 2010 |
| 11 May 2015 |
| - |
| Andrew Dunlop |
| Baron Dunlop |
| [[File:Lord Dunlop.jpg |
| 14 May 2015 |
| 10 June 2017 |
| - |
| Ian Duncan |
| Baron Duncan of Springbank |
| [[File:Ian Duncan - English part - Citizens’ Corner debate on COP21- Climate change and its effects on our daily life (23380282992).jpg |
| 15 June 2017 |
| 27 July 2019 |
| Theresa May |
| - |
| Robin Walker |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr Robin Walker MP crop 2.jpg |
| - |
| Colin Clark |
| [[File:Official portrait of Colin Clark crop 2.jpg |
| - |
| Douglas Ross |
| [[File:Official portrait of Douglas Ross MP crop 2.jpg |
| 16 December 2019 |
| 26 May 2020 |
| - |
| David Duguid |
| [[File:Official portrait of David Duguid MP crop 2.jpg |
| 16 September 2021 |
| - |
| Iain Stewart |
| [[File:Official portrait of Iain Stewart MP crop 2.jpg |
| 8 September 2022 |
| - |
| David Duguid |
| [[File:Official portrait of David Duguid MP crop 2.jpg |
| 20 September 2022 |
| 27 October 2022 |
| Liz Truss |
| - |
| Baron Offord of Garvel](malcolm-offord-baron-offord-of-garvel) |
| - |
| - |
| John Lamont |
| [[File:Official portrait of John Lamont MP crop 2.jpg |
| 27 October 2022 |
| 5 July 2024 |
| - |
| Donald Cameron |
| Baron Cameron of Lochiel |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Cameron of Lochiel crop 2, 2024.jpg |
| 9 February 2024 |
| 5 July 2024 |
| - |
| Kirsty McNeill |
|[[File:Official portrait of Kirsty McNeill MP crop 2.jpg|75px]] |Labour Party |9 July 2024 |Incumbent |Sir Keir Starmer |}
Minister of State for Scotland (1951–2008)
- 2 November 1951: The Earl of Home
- 7 April 1955: Thomas Galbraith
- 23 October 1958: The Lord Forbes
- 22 October 1959: Jack Nixon Browne
- 20 October 1964: George Willis
- 7 January 1967: Dickson Mabon (to 19 June 1970)
- 13 October 1969: The Lord Hughes (to 19 June 1970)
- 23 June 1970: The Lady Tweedsmuir
- 7 April 1972: The Lord Polwarth
- 8 March 1974: Bruce Millan (to 8 April 1976)
- 8 March 1974: The Lord Hughes (to 8 August 1975)
- 8 August 1975: The Lord Kirkhill (to 15 December 1978)
- 14 April 1976: Gregor Mackenzie (to 4 May 1979)
- 7 May 1979: The Earl of Mansfield
- 13 June 1983: The Lord Gray of Contin
- 10 September 1986: The Lord Glenarthur
- 13 June 1987: Ian Lang (to 28 November 1990)
- 13 June 1987: The Lord Sanderson of Bowden (to 7 September 1990)
- 7 September 1990: Michael Forsyth
- 14 April 1992: The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
- 6 July 1995: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
- 6 May 1997: Henry McLeish (to 29 June 1999)
- 6 May 1997: Brian Wilson (to 28 July 1998)
- 28 July 1998: Helen Liddell (to 17 May 1999)
- 29 July 1999: Brian Wilson
- 26 January 2001: George Foulkes (to 29 May 2002)
- July 2007: David Cairns (16 September 2008)
References
References
- Matchett, Conor. (30 September 2021). "Unelected millionaire dogged by 'cronyism' accusations given peerage and Scottish ministerial role by UK Government". [[The Scotsman]].
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Malcolm Offord".
- Webster, Laura. (13 October 2021). "Tory donor Scotland Office minister given official Lords title".
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