The Scottish Government


saltire shieldLabour Peer and MSP, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock: 'The SNP are on a very dangerous tack at the moment. What they are doing is trying to build up a situation in Scotland where the services are manifestly better than south of the Border in a number of areas'
BBC interviewer Colin MacKay: 'Is that a bad thing?'
Labour Peer and MSP, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock: 'No. But they are doing it deliberately.'
Scotland at Ten, Radio Scotland, 26 th February 2008.
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The Government of Scotland

SNP Cabinet May 2007
From left to right: Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister Alex Salmond, Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & the Environment Richard Lochhead.

Scottish Government 24 th May 2007 -

Frank Mulholland QC was nominated as Solicitor Genral in place of John Beckett QC, a member of the Labour Party, on the 24 th May 2007.

The Office of the First Minister
Alex Salmond, MSP MP First Minister & Custodian of the Great Seal of Scotland Bruce Crawford Minister for Parliamentary Business
Alex Salmond, MSP MP Bruce Crawford, MSP
Salary: £129,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the First Minister include: Head of the devolved Scottish government: responsible for development, implementation and presentation of Government policy, constitutional affairs, and for promoting and representing Scotland. Linda Fabiani Minister for Europe, External Affairs & Culture
Linda Fabiani, MSP
Salary: £78,080
Cabinet Secretaries Ministers
Nicola Sturgeon MSP Deputy First Minister, & Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing Shona Robison Minister for Public Health
Nicola Sturgeon MSP Shona Robison, MSP
Salary: £92,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing include: NHS, health service reform, allied healthcare services, acute and primary services, performance, quality and improvement framework, health promotion, sport, public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, social inclusion, equalities, anti-poverty measures, housing and regeneration. Stewart Maxwell Minister for Communities & Sport
Stewart Maxwell, MSP
Salary: £78,080
John Swinney MSP Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth Jim Mather, MSP Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism
John Swinney MSP Jim Mather, MSP
Salary: £92,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth include: The economy, the Scottish Budget, public service reform, de-regulation, local government, public service delivery, cities and community planning, General Register Office, Registers of Scotland, relocation, e-government, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, procurement, budgetary monitoring, business and industry including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, trade and inward investment, corporate social responsibility, voluntary sector and the social economy, community business and corporate development, European Structural Funds, energy, tourism, land use planning system, climate change, building standards, transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, air and ferry services, Scottish Water. Stewart Stevenson MSP Minister for Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change
Stewart Stevenson, MSP
Salary: £78,080
Fiona Hyslop MSP Cabinet Secretary for Education, & Lifelong Learning Maureen Watt MSP Minister for Schools and Skills
Fiona Hyslop, MSP Maureen Watt, MSP
Salary: £92,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Education, & Lifelong Learning include: Further and higher education, science and lifelong learning, school education, training and skills, HM Inspectorate of Education and the Scottish Qualifications Authority, nurseries and childcare, children's services, children's hearings, social work and HM Social Work Inspectorate. Adam Ingram Minister for Children & Early Years
Adam Ingram, MSP
Salary: £78,080
Kenny MacAskill MSP Cabinet Secretary for Justice Fergus Ewing, MSP Minister for Community Safety
Kenny MacAskill MSP Fergus Ewing, MSP
Salary: £92,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice include: Criminal law and procedure, youth justice, criminal justice social work, police, prisons and sentencing policy, legal aid, legal profession, courts and law reform, anti-social behaviour, sectarianism, human rights, fire and rescue services, community safety, civil contingencies, drugs policy and related matters, liquor licensing, vulnerable witnesses, victim support and civil law, charity law, religious and faith organisations.
Shona Robison MSP Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & the Environment Mike Russell, MSP Minister for the Environment
Richard Lochhead, MSP Mike Russell, MSP
Salary: £92,998 Salary: £78,080
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & the Environment include: Agriculture, fisheries and rural development including aquaculture and forestry, environment and natural heritage, land reform, water quality regulation and sustainable development.

Law Officers

The Lord Advocate is no longer a member of the cabinet in a move to separate legal and political roles. Neither the present Lord Advocate nor the Solicitor General is a member of a political party.

Elish Angiolini Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC Solicitor General
Rt Hon Elish Angiolini Frank Mulholland QC
£104,000 £88,000

Parliamentary (Non-Executive) Postions

Alasdair Morgan MSP Deputy Presiding Officer
Alasdair Morgan, MSP
Tom McCabe MSP Member of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Tricia Marwick MSP
Bruce Crawwford MSP Member of the Parliamentary Bureau
Bruce Crawford MSP
(Also Minister for Parliamentary Business)

Committee Convenors

Andrew Welsh MSP Convenor of the Finance Committee
Andrew Welsh, MSP
Keith Brown MSP Convenor of the Procedures Committee
Convenor of the Standards & Public Appointments
Keith Brown, MSP
Christine Grahame MSP Convenor of the Health & Sport Committee
Christine Grahame, MSP
Roseanna Cunningham MSP Convenor of the Rural Affairs & Environment Committee
Roseanna Cunningham, MSP

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