New DCA Ministers

Department for Constitutional Affairs Ministerial
Line-up and Responsibilities
DCA Press Release
9 May 2006
Following the appointment of Vera Baird QC MP as a new
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for
Constitutional Affairs, the Secretary of State for Constitutional
Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, today gave details of
his ministerial team's key responsibilities within the Department.
Apparently they couldn't get rid of Baroness Ashton of Upholland
who refused to move to be Defra's Minister of State for the Lords,
causing Tony Blair to have to move Lord Rooker from the Northern
Ireland Office, which caused embarrassment to Peter Hain in the
province.