Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy

Scotland

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The Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy is a cabinet post is the Scottish Government whose job it is to steer government business through the Scottish Parliament. The role combines the duties of Chief Whip and Leader of the House in other national legislatures. From 1999 to 2007 the holder of the post was entitled to attend cabinet meetings, but was lowerd to a junior ministeral position in 2007. However after the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the post was elevated back to cabinet level with the creation of a new junior post the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip reports. The ministerial post is currently held by Bruce Crawford MSP of the Scottish National Party.

Minister

• from 17 May 2007 to 19 May 2011 the post was not a Cabinet position

See also

• Act of the Scottish Parliament
• Question Time
• Scottish Executive

External links

• Minister for Parliamentary Business - Scottish Government

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