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(554)  NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND

April 24, 2005 hmacqueen Uncategorized

 

The Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle on 5 May 2006 produced a new Secretary of State for Scotland in Douglas Alexander (39).  Another mark of the value of a background in Scots law, as amongst other things Mr Alexander is an MA, LLB, DipLP graduate of Edinburgh University.

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