Secretary of State for Scotland

; Secretary of State; for Scotland
	Royal Arms as used by HM Government in Scotland
	Incumbent; Alister Jack; since 24 July 2019
	Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	The Earl of Mar
Formation	1926 (current form); 1 May 1707 (original form)
Deputy	; vacant ; as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Website	Scotland Office

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba, Scots: Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Scottish Secretary, is the secretary of state and principal government minister for Scotland in the Cabinet of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Scottish Secretary heads the Scotland Office (formerly the Scottish Office), a government department based in London and Edinburgh.

Post history

Prior to devolution (before 1999)

The post was first created after the Acts of Union 1707 created the Kingdom of Great Britain from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. It was abolished in 1746, following the Jacobite rising of 1745. Scottish affairs thereafter were managed by the Lord Advocate until 1827, when responsibility passed to the Home Office. In 1885 the post of Secretary for Scotland was re-created, with the incumbent usually a member of the Cabinet. In 1926 this post was upgraded to a full Secretary of State appointment.

After devolution (since 1999)

After the 1999 Scottish devolution, the powers of the Scottish Office were divided, with most transferred to the Scottish Government or to other British government departments, leaving only a limited role for the Scotland Office. From June 2003 and October 2008, the holder of the office of Secretary of State for Scotland from 13 June 2003 through to 3 October 2008 also held another Cabinet post concurrently, leading to claims that the Scottish role was seen as a part-time ministry.

The current Secretary of State for Scotland is Alister Jack, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, replacing David Mundell.

Responsibilities

With the advent of legislative devolution for Scotland in 1999, the role of Secretary of State for Scotland was diminished. Most of the functions vested in the office since administrative devolution in the 19th century were transferred to the newly established Scottish Ministers upon the opening of the Scottish Parliament, or to other UK government ministers. However, the Secretary of State does represent Scotland in the Cabinet on matters that are not devolved to Holyrood and also holds Scotland Questions on the first Wednesday of every month between 11:30 am and 12 noon, when any Member of Parliament can ask a question on any matter relating to Scotland. However, devolved issues are not usually raised by MPs. The Secretary of State is also the group leader of the Scottish MPs from the government party.

As a result of this, the office mainly acts as a go-between for the UK and Scottish Governments and Parliaments.[1] However, due to the Secretary's position as a minister in the British government, the convention of Cabinet collective responsibility applies, and as such the post is usually viewed as being a partisan one to promote the UK government's decision-making in Scotland, as adherence to the convention precludes doing anything else.

With the rise of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in both the Scottish Parliament and the British Parliament and the resultant interest in Scottish Independence, the Secretary of State's role has also subsequently increased in prominence. The Scotland Office itself has received a cumulative increase in budget of 20% from 2013 to 2017, with a 14.4% increase in 2015/16 alone.[2]

The UK government's website lists the Secretary of State for Scotland's responsibilities as being:

"The main role of the Scottish Secretary is to promote and protect the devolution settlement. Other responsibilities include promoting partnership between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, and relations between the 2 Parliaments."[1]

This seeming lack of responsibility has in recent years seen calls from opposition MPs for the scrapping of the role and the Scotland Office.[3][2] Robert Hazell has suggested merging the offices of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales into one Secretary of State for the Union,[4] in a department into which Rodney Brazier has suggested adding a Minister of State for England with responsibility for English local government.[5]

List of Scottish Secretaries

Secretaries of State for Scotland (1707–1746)

John Erskine, Earl of Mar had served as Secretary of State of the independent Scotland from 1705. Following the Acts of Union 1707, he remained in office.

The post of Secretary of State for Scotland existed after the Union of the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England in 1707 till the Jacobite rising of 1745. After the rising, responsibility for Scotland lay primarily with the office of the Home Secretary, usually exercised by the Lord Advocate.

Secretary of State for Scotland
Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Length of term
John Erskine Earl of Mar (1675–1732)	(since 1705) 1 May 1707	3 February 1709	1 year, 9 months and 2 days
James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry (1662–1711)	3 February 1709	6 July 1711	2 years, 5 months and 3 days
John Erskine Earl of Mar (1675–1732)	30 September 1713	24 September 1714	11 months and 25 days
James Graham 1st Duke of Montrose (1682–1742)	24 September 1714	August 1715	Approx. 10 or 11 months
John Ker 1st Duke of Roxburghe (1680–1741)	13 December 1716	August 1725	Approx. 8 years and 7 or 8 months
John Hay 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695–1762)	16 February 1742	3 January 1746	3 years, 10 months and 18 days

Office thereafter vacant.

Secretaries for Scotland (1885–1926)

The Secretary for Scotland was chief minister in charge of the Scottish Office in the United Kingdom government. The Scotland Office was created in 1885 with the post of Secretary for Scotland.[6] From 1892 the Secretary for Scotland sat in cabinet. The post was upgraded to full Secretary of State rank as the Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926.[7]

From 1885 to 1999, Secretaries for Scotland and Secretaries of State for Scotland also ex officio held the post of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.[8] From 1999, the position of Keeper of the Great Seal has been held by the First Minister of Scotland.[9]

Secretary for Scotland
Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Length of term	Party	Ministry
His Grace Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond KG PC [nb 1] (1818–1903)	17 August 1885	28 January 1886	5 months and 11 days	Conservative	Salisbury I
The Right Honourable Sir George Trevelyan Bt MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928)	8 February 1886	March 1886	Approx. 0 or 1 month	Liberal	Gladstone III
The Right Honourable John Ramsay 13th Earl of Dalhousie KT PC (1847–1887)	5 April 1886	20 July 1886	3 months and 15 days	Liberal	Gladstone III
The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour DL MP for Manchester East (1848–1930)	5 August 1886	11 March 1887	7 months and 6 days	Conservative	Salisbury II
The Most Honourable Schomberg Kerr 9th Marquess of Lothian KT PC FRSE (1833–1900)	11 March 1887	11 August 1892	5 years and 5 months	Conservative	Salisbury II
The Right Honourable Sir George Trevelyan Bt MP for Glasgow Bridgeton (1838–1928)	18 August 1892	21 June 1895	2 years, 10 months and 3 days	Liberal	Gladstone IV
	18 August 1892	21 June 1895	2 years, 10 months and 3 days	Liberal	Rosebery
The Right Honourable Alexander Bruce 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT PC (1849–1921)	29 June 1895	9 October 1903	8 years, 3 months and 10 days	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
	29 June 1895	9 October 1903	8 years, 3 months and 10 days	Conservative	Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)
The Right Honourable Andrew Murray KC MP for Buteshire (1849–1942)	9 October 1903	2 February 1905	1 year, 3 months and 24 days	Conservative
The Right Honourable John Hope 1st Marquess of Linlithgow KT GCMG GCVO PC (1860–1908)	2 February 1905	4 December 1905	10 months and 2 days	Conservative
The Right Honourable John Sinclair 1st Baron Pentland PC [nb 2] (1860–1925)	10 December 1905	13 February 1912	6 years, 2 months and 3 days	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman
	10 December 1905	13 February 1912	6 years, 2 months and 3 days	Liberal	Asquith (I–III)
The Right Honourable Thomas Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927)	13 February 1912	9 July 1916	4 years, 4 months and 26 days	Liberal	Asquith (I–III)
	13 February 1912	9 July 1916	4 years, 4 months and 26 days	Liberal	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
The Right Honourable Harold Tennant MP for Berwickshire (1865–1935)	9 July 1916	5 December 1916	4 months and 26 days	Liberal	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
The Right Honourable Robert Munro KC MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk [nb 3] (1868–1955)	10 December 1916	19 October 1922	5 years, 10 months and 9 days	Liberal	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
The Right Honourable Ronald Munro Ferguson 1st Viscount Novar GCMG PC (1860–1934)	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	1 year, 2 months and 29 days	Independent	Law
	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	1 year, 2 months and 29 days	Independent	Baldwin I
The Right Honourable William Adamson MP for West Fife (1863–1936)	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	9 months and 12 days	Labour	MacDonald I
The Right Honourable Sir John Gilmour Bt DSO TD JP DL MP for Glasgow Pollok (1876–1940)	6 November 1924	26 July 1926	1 year, 8 months and 20 days (Cont. below)	Unionist	Baldwin II

Secretaries of State for Scotland (1926–present)

Secretary of State for Scotland
Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Length of term	Party	Ministry	Ref.
The Right Honourable Sir John Gilmour Bt DSO TD JP DL MP for Glasgow Pollok (1876–1940)	15 July 1926	4 June 1929	2 years, 10 months and 20 days (Cont. from above)	Unionist	Baldwin II	[10]
The Right Honourable William Adamson MP for West Fife (1863–1936)	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	2 years, 2 months and 17 days	Labour	MacDonald II
The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Sinclair Bt CMG MP for Caithness and Sutherland (1890–1970)	25 August 1931	28 September 1932	1 year, 1 month and 3 days	Liberal	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)	[11]
	25 August 1931	28 September 1932	1 year, 1 month and 3 days	Liberal	National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)	[11]
The Right Honourable Sir Godfrey Collins KBE CMG MP for Greenock (1875–1936)	28 September 1932	29 October 1936	4 years, 1 month and 1 day	Liberal National	National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)	[12]
	28 September 1932	29 October 1936	4 years, 1 month and 1 day	Liberal National	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)	[12]
The Right Honourable Dr Walter Elliot MC FRS FRSE MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove (1888–1958)	29 October 1936	6 May 1938	1 year, 6 months and 7 days	Unionist	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)	[13]
	29 October 1936	6 May 1938	1 year, 6 months and 7 days	Unionist	National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)	[13]
The Right Honourable John Colville MP for Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1894–1954)	6 May 1938	10 May 1940	2 years and 4 days	Unionist	National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)	[14]
	6 May 1938	10 May 1940	2 years and 4 days	Unionist	Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)	[14]
The Right Honourable Ernest Brown MP for Leith (1881–1962)	14 May 1940	8 February 1941	8 months and 25 days	Liberal National	Churchill War (All parties)	[15]
The Right Honourable Thomas Johnston MP for West Stirlingshire (1881–1965)	8 February 1941	23 May 1945	4 years, 3 months and 15 days	Labour	Churchill War (All parties)	[16]
The Right Honourable Harry Primrose 6th Earl of Rosebery DSO MC PC (1882–1974)	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	2 months and 1 day	Liberal National	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–N.Lib.)
The Right Honourable Joseph Westwood MP for Stirling and Falkirk (1884–1948)	3 August 1945	7 October 1947	2 years, 2 months and 4 days	Labour	Attlee (I & II)	[17]
The Right Honourable Arthur Woodburn MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1890–1978)	7 October 1947	28 February 1950	2 years, 4 months and 21 days	Labour		[18]
The Right Honourable Hector McNeil MP for Greenock (1907–1955)	28 February 1950	26 October 1951	1 year, 7 months and 28 days	Labour		[19]
The Right Honourable James Stuart MVO MC MP for Moray and Nairn (1897–1971)	30 October 1951	13 January 1957	5 years, 2 months and 14 days	Unionist	Churchill III
	30 October 1951	13 January 1957	5 years, 2 months and 14 days	Unionist	Eden
The Right Honourable John Maclay CMG MP for West Renfrewshire (1905–1992)	13 January 1957	13 July 1962	5 years and 6 months	Unionist	Macmillan (I & II)	[20]
The Right Honourable Michael Noble MP for Argyllshire (1913–1984)	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	2 years, 3 months and 3 days	Unionist	Macmillan (I & II)	[21]
	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	2 years, 3 months and 3 days	Unionist	Douglas-Home	[21]
The Right Honourable Willie Ross MBE MP for Kilmarnock (1911–1988)	18 October 1964	19 June 1970	5 years, 8 months and 1 day	Labour	Wilson (I & II)	[22]
The Right Honourable Gordon Campbell MC MP for Moray and Nairn (1921–2005)	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	3 years, 8 months and 12 days	Conservative	Heath
The Right Honourable Willie Ross MBE MP for Kilmarnock (1911–1988)	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	2 years, 1 month and 3 days	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)	[22]
The Right Honourable Bruce Millan MP for Glasgow Craigton (1927–2013)	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	3 years and 26 days	Labour	Callaghan	[23]
The Right Honourable George Younger TD MP for Ayr (1931–2003)	5 May 1979	11 January 1986	6 years, 8 months and 6 days	Conservative	Thatcher I	[24]
	5 May 1979	11 January 1986	6 years, 8 months and 6 days	Conservative	Thatcher II	[24]
The Right Honourable Malcolm Rifkind QC MP for Edinburgh Pentlands (born 1946)	11 January 1986	28 November 1990	4 years, 10 months and 17 days	Conservative	Thatcher II	[25]
	11 January 1986	28 November 1990	4 years, 10 months and 17 days	Conservative	Thatcher III	[25]
The Right Honourable Ian Lang MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (born 1940)	28 November 1990	5 July 1995	4 years, 7 months and 7 days	Conservative	Major I	[26]
	28 November 1990	5 July 1995	4 years, 7 months and 7 days	Conservative	Major II	[26]
The Right Honourable Michael Forsyth MP for Stirling (born 1954)	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	1 year, 9 months and 27 days	Conservative	Major II	[27]
The Right Honourable Donald Dewar MP for Glasgow Anniesland (1937–2000)	2 May 1997	17 May 1999	2 years and 15 days	Labour	Blair I	[28]
The Right Honourable Dr John Reid MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill (born 1949)	17 May 1999	25 January 2001	1 year, 8 months and 8 days	Labour	Blair I	[29]
The Right Honourable Helen Liddell MP for Airdrie and Shotts (born 1950)	25 January 2001	13 June 2003	2 years, 4 months and 19 days	Labour	Blair II	[30]
The Right Honourable Alistair Darling[nb 4] MP for Edinburgh South West [nb 5] (born 1953)	13 June 2003	5 May 2006	2 years, 10 months and 22 days	Labour	Blair II	[31]
	13 June 2003	5 May 2006	2 years, 10 months and 22 days	Labour	Blair III	[31]
The Right Honourable Douglas Alexander[nb 4] MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (born 1967)	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	1 year, 1 month and 23 days	Labour	Blair III	[32]
The Right Honourable Des Browne[nb 6] MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (born 1952)	28 June 2007	3 October 2008	1 year, 3 months and 5 days	Labour	Brown	[33]
The Right Honourable Jim Murphy MP for East Renfrewshire (born 1967)	3 October 2008	11 May 2010	1 year, 7 months and 8 days	Labour	Brown	[34]
The Right Honourable Danny Alexander MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (born 1972)	12 May 2010	29 May 2010	17 days	Liberal Democrat	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)	[35]
The Right Honourable Michael Moore MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (born 1965)	29 May 2010	7 October 2013	3 years, 4 months and 8 days	Liberal Democrat		[36]
The Right Honourable Alistair Carmichael MP for Orkney and Shetland (born 1965)	7 October 2013	8 May 2015	1 year, 7 months and 1 day	Liberal Democrat		[37]
The Right Honourable David Mundell WS MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (born 1962)	11 May 2015	24 July 2019	4 years, 2 months and 13 days	Conservative	Cameron II	[38]
	11 May 2015	24 July 2019	4 years, 2 months and 13 days	Conservative	May (I & II)	[38]
The Right Honourable Alister Jack MP for Dumfries and Galloway (born 1963)	24 July 2019	Incumbent	1 year, 6 months and 16 days*	Conservative	Johnson	[39]

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 9 February 2021.

Notes

Duke of Lennox in the peerage of Scotland
MP for Forfar until 1909; created Baron Pentland 1909
MP for Wick Burghs until 1918; MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk thereafter
Concurrently served as Secretary of State for Transport
MP for Edinburgh Central until 2005; MP for Edinburgh South West thereafter
Concurrently served as Secretary of State for Defence

References

"Secretary of State for Scotland - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
"SNP questions budget of 'zombie department' Scotland Office". STV News. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
"BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Scrap Scotland Office, SNP urging". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
LETTERS@THETIMES.CO.UK, WRITE TO. "Times letters: Mark Sedwill's call for a cull of the cabinet". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
UKCLA (7 September 2020). "Rodney Brazier: Why is Her Majesty's Government so big?". UK Constitutional Law Association. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
Secretary for Scotland Act 1885, section 2.
Secretaries of State Act 1926
Secretary for Scotland Act 1885, section 2; Secretaries of State Act 1926, section 1
Scotland Act 1998, section 45(7)
"Mr John Gilmour". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Sir Archibald Sinclair". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Godfrey Collins". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Walter Elliot". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr John Colville". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Ernest Brown". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Thomas Johnston". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Joseph Westwood". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Arthur Woodburn". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Hector McNeill". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Hon. John Maclay". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr Michael Noble". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Mr William Ross". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Sir George Younger". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Bruce Millan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Lord Lang of Monkton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Lord Forsyth of Drumlean". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Donald Dewar". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Lord Reid of Cardowan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Douglas Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Jim Murphy". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Michael Moore". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Rt Hon David Mundell MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
"Mr Alistair Jack MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

External links

Official website of the Scotland Office

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[10] Duke of Lennox in the peerage of Scotland

[11] MP for Forfar until 1909; created Baron Pentland 1909

[12] MP for Wick Burghs until 1918; MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk thereafter

[auto-34] Concurrently served as Secretary of State for Transport

[35] MP for Edinburgh Central until 2005; MP for Edinburgh South West thereafter

[38] Concurrently served as Secretary of State for Defence

[:0-1] "Secretary of State for Scotland - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[:1-2] "SNP questions budget of 'zombie department' Scotland Office". STV News. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[3] "BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Scrap Scotland Office, SNP urging". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[4] LETTERS@THETIMES.CO.UK, WRITE TO. "Times letters: Mark Sedwill's call for a cull of the cabinet". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[5] UKCLA (7 September 2020). "Rodney Brazier: Why is Her Majesty's Government so big?". UK Constitutional Law Association. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[6] Secretary for Scotland Act 1885, section 2.

[7] Secretaries of State Act 1926

[8] Secretary for Scotland Act 1885, section 2; Secretaries of State Act 1926, section 1

[9] Scotland Act 1998, section 45(7)

[13] "Mr John Gilmour". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[14] "Sir Archibald Sinclair". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[15] "Mr Godfrey Collins". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[16] "Mr Walter Elliot". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[17] "Mr John Colville". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[18] "Mr Ernest Brown". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[19] "Mr Thomas Johnston". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[20] "Mr Joseph Westwood". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[21] "Mr Arthur Woodburn". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[22] "Mr Hector McNeill". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[23] "Hon. John Maclay". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[24] "Mr Michael Noble". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[Ross-25] "Mr William Ross". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[26] "Rt Hon Sir George Younger". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[27] "Rt Hon Bruce Millan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[28] "Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[29] "Lord Lang of Monkton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[30] "Lord Forsyth of Drumlean". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[31] "Rt Hon Donald Dewar". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[32] "Lord Reid of Cardowan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[33] "Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[36] "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[37] "Rt Hon Douglas Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[39] "Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[40] "Rt Hon Jim Murphy". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[41] "Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[42] "Rt Hon Michael Moore". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[43] "Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[44] "Rt Hon David Mundell MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[45] "Mr Alistair Jack MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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Scotland Office
Headquarters: Dover House, Whitehall, London and Melville Crescent, Edinburgh
Secretary of State	Alister Jack
Under-Secretaries of State	David Duguid Iain Stewart
Advocate General	The Lord Stewart of Dirleton
Predecessor: Scottish Office