Her Majesty's Government

Full list of Her Majesty's Government as of 25 January 2008.

Cabinet

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

• The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer

• The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• The Rt Hon David Miliband MP

Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor

• The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

Secretary of State for the Home Department

• The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP

Secretary of State for Defence; and Secretary of State for Scotland

• The Rt Hon Des Browne MP

Secretary of State for Health

• The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP

Secretary of State for International Development

• The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

• The Rt Hon John Hutton MP

Leader of the House of Commons (and Lord Privy Seal); Minister for Women and Equality

• The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• The Rt Hon James Purnell MP

Secretary of State for Transport

• The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

• The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip

• The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP

Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

• The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP

Minister for the Cabinet Office; and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

• The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP *

Leader of the House of Lords (and Lord President of the Council)

• The Rt Hon the Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

• The Rt Hon John Denham MP

Secretary of State for Wales

• The Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

• The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury

• The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Other Ministers

Law Officers

• Attorney General - The Rt Hon the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC**
• Solicitor General - Vera Baird QC MP
• Advocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC

HM Treasury

• Financial Secretary to the Treasury - The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
• Minister of State - Liam Byrne MP (jointly with Home Office and Minister for the West Midlands)
• Exchequer Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary) - Angela Eagle MP
• Economic Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary) - Kitty Ussher MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Minister of State (Europe) - Jim Murphy MP
• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG**
• Minister of State - Dr Kim Howells MP
• Minister of State - Lord Jones (jointly with DBERR)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Meg Munn MP

Ministry of Justice

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon David Hanson MP
• Minister of State - Michael Wills MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Bridget Prentice MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Maria Eagle MP

Home Office

• Minister of State and Minister for the West Midlands - Liam Byrne MP (jointly with HMT)
• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Vernon Coaker MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Meg Hillier MP

Ministry of Defence

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Derek Twigg MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton

Scotland Office

• Minister of State - David Cairns MP

Department of Health

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
• Minister of State and Minister for the South West - Ben Bradshaw MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Darzi
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ann Keen MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Ivan Lewis MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon the Lord Rooker
• Minister of State - Phil Woolas MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Joan Ruddock MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for the South East - Jonathan Shaw MP

Department for International Development

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gareth Thomas MP (trade policy, jointly with DBERR)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gillian Merron MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Shahid Malik MP*

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

• Minister of State - Lord Jones (jointly with FCO)
• Minister of State - Pat McFadden MP
• Minister of State - Malcolm Wicks MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Vadera
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gareth Thomas MP (jointly with DfID)

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

• Parliamentary Secretary - Helen Goodman MP*

Government Equalities Office

• Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for the East of England - Barbara Follett MP

Department for Work and Pensions

• Minister of State - Mike O'Brien MP
• Minister of State - Stephen Timms MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Anne McGuire MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - James Plaskitt MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord McKenzie of Luton*

Department for Transport

• Minister of State and Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber - The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Jim Fitzpatrick MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Tom Harris MP

Department for Communities and Local Government

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP**
• Minister of State - John Healey MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Andrews OBE
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Parmjit Dhanda MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Iain Wright MP*

Department for Children, Schools and Families

• Minister of State - Jim Knight MP
• Minister of State and Minister for the North West - The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP***
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Kevin Brennan MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Adonis

Cabinet Office

• Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for the East Midlands - Phil Hope MP
• Parliamentary Secretary - Tom Watson MP
• Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London (Paymaster General) - The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP**

Northern Ireland Office

• Minister of State - Paul Goggins MP

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

• Minister of State - Bill Rammell MP
• Minister of State - Ian Pearson MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - David Lammy MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (and Baroness in Waiting)****

Wales Office

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Huw Irranca-Davies MP

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

• Minister of State - The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Gerry Sutcliffe MP

Whips - House of Commons

• Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) and Minister for the North East of England - The Rt Hon Nick Brown MP
• Government Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) - The Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP
• Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) - Liz Blackman MP

Junior Lords of the Treasury

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Frank Roy MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Steve McCabe MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Alan Campbell MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - David Watts MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - Claire Ward MP

Assistant Whips

• Assistant Government Whip - Siobhian McDonagh MP
• Assistant Government Whip - Michael Foster MP (Worcester)
• Assistant Government Whip - Tony Cunningham MP
• Assistant Government Whip - Alison Seabeck MP
• Assistant Government Whip - Diana Johnson MP*
• Assistant Government Whip - Mark Tami MP*
• Assistant Government Whip - Sadiq Khan MP*
• Assistant Government Whip - Bob Blizzard MP
• Assistant Government Whip - Wayne David MP

Whips - House of Lords

• Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon**
• Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) - Lord Davies of Oldham

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

• Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Crawley
• Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton*
• Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills)****
• Baroness in Waiting - Baroness Thornton
• Lord in Waiting - Lord Bassam of Brighton
• Lord in Waiting - Lord Bach
• Lord in Waiting - Lord Tunnicliffe*

Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

• Ian Austin MP
• Angela E Smith MP

Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Whip

• Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP

* unpaid

** attends Cabinet

*** attends Cabinet when social policy issues are being discussed

**** unpaid as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.  Paid as a Baroness in Waiting