Carwyn’s cabinet
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 5:31pm
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Below is the statement on Carwyn Jones’s new cabinet. Andrew Davies and Brian Gibbons are out. Lesley Griffiths and Huw Lewis are Deputy Ministers. I wonder whether Huw expected to be given a Ministerial position following on from the Labour leadership campaign? John Griffiths has been made Counsel General, with a newly created post for Jane Hutt as business and budget Minister. Leighton Andrews gets a promotion too, as does Carl Sargeant. Some happy people around the Bay, then, but some I am sure annoyed that they have been left out of the cabinet, or sidelined. This is the case in politics always! Plaid Minster’s stay the same, of course.
WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE
WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
Title: Cabinet Appointments
Date: 10 December 2009
By: Carwyn Jones, First Minister
I am writing to inform you that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the nominations for Welsh Ministers and Deputy Ministers in my Cabinet. The details are as follows:
Two new Ministers join the Cabinet – former Chief Whip Carl Sargeant becomes Minister for Social Justice and Local Government while former Deputy Regeneration Minister Leighton Andrews becomes Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning. Jane Hutt moves to a new portfolio as Minister for Business and Budget.
Two new Deputy Ministers have been appointed following portfolio changes creating two new portfolios. Lesley Griffiths becomes Deputy Minister for Skills, Innovation and Science while Huw Lewis will lead a newly created portfolio as Deputy Minister for Children. In this role Mr Lewis will have particular responsibility for co-ordination of Government matters relating to child poverty.
Details of my new Cabinet are as follows:
Ieuan Wyn Jones Deputy First Minister and Minister for
the Economy & Transport
Jane Hutt Business and Budget
Edwina Hart Health and Social Services
Jane Davidson Environment, Sustainability and Housing
Leighton Andrews Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
Carl Sargeant Social Justice and Local Government
Elin Jones Rural Affairs
Alun Ffred Jones Heritage
Deputy Ministers
Lesley Griffiths Skills, Innovation & Science
Jocelyn Davies Housing and Regeneration
Gwenda Thomas Social Services
Huw Lewis Children
John Griffiths Counsel General & Leader of the Legislative
Programme
Janice Gregory Chief Whip
