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	Secretary for Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secretary for Scotland was the former title of the chief minister in charge of the Scottish Office in the United Kingdom government.
		The post of Secretary of State for Scotland existed briefly after the union of the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707 till the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
		From 1892 the Secretary for Scotland sat in cabinet, but the position was not officially recognised as a full cabinet member until the post of Secretary of State for Scotland was recreated in 1926.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_for_Scotland (323 words)

	Politics of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scotland is one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		To replace the Scottish Office, the former UK government department who fought in Scotland's corner, a devolved administration called the Scottish Executive was established, with the First Minister of Scotland at its head.
		Scotland was historically represented in the UK government by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Politics_of_Scotland (2155 words)

	Secretary of State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Secretary of State positions can be created without primary legislation; and legislation refers to 'Secretary of State', which is a notional position split between all the Secretaries of State depending upon the functions.
		The ancient English monarchs always had in attendance a learned ecclesiastic, known at first as their clerk, and afterwards as "secretary", who conducted the royal correspondence; but it was not until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558 - 1603) that these functionaries gained the title "Secretaries of State".
		In 1782 the office was again abolished, and the charge of the colonies transferred to the Home Secretary; but owing to the war of the First Coalition with France in 1794 a third secretary re-appeared to superintend the activities of the war department, and seven years later the colonial business became attached to his department.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/s/se/secretary_of_state.html (1322 words)

	Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In many states the state secretary of state is often third in line to assume the office of governor upon death or resignation of the incumbent, after the lieutenant governor.
		During a sede vacante, the former Secretary of State (the appointment expires when the pope dies or resigns) assumes some of the functions of the head of state as a part of a temporary commission.
		In, France, a secretary of State is a junior minister, who responds to a minister or the Prime minister.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Secretary_of_State (579 words)

	SCOTLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SCOTLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the east side of Scotland, where so many fragments of the Secondary rocks occur as boulders in the glacial deposits, a large mass of strata was formerly exposed at Linksfield to the north of Elgin, containing fossils which appear to show it to belong to the Rhaetic beds at the top of the Trias.
		The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act of 1878 entrusted the control of the roads to royal and police burghs and in the counties to road trustees, from whom it was transferred by the Local Government Act of 1889 to county councils, the management, however, being in the hands of district committees.
		The earliest records concerning coalpits appear to be the charters granted, towards the end of the 12th century, to William Oldbridge of Carriden in Linlithgowshire, and in -1291 to the abbot and convent of Dunfermline conferring the privilege of digging coal in the lands of Pittencrieff.
	6.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SC/SCOTLAND.htm (19126 words)

	Stanley Baldwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1917 he was appointed to the junior ministerial post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury where he sought to encourage voluntary donations by the rich in order the repay the United Kingdom's war debt, notably writing to The Times under the peusdonym 'FST'.
		Joynson-Hicks' successor as Financial Secretary to the Treasury was not in the Cabinet.
		The post of Secretary of State for the Dominions is created and held by Leo Amery in tandem with Secretary of State for the Colonies.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/st/stanley_baldwin.html (1295 words)

	Scottish Office: Scotland's Parliament
		The status of the office of Secretary for Scotland was enhanced in 1926 to that of Secretary of State.
		As the Secretary of State’s responsibilities gradually increased, St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh became the headquarters of The Scottish Office in 1939 and the functions of The Scottish Office in London were transferred to Edinburgh.
		It includes devolution to Scotland and Wales; greater regional government for England and a strategic authority and elected mayor for London (subject to referendums); reforms to both Houses of Parliament; the incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law; and a Freedom of Information Act.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /government/devolution/scpa-04.asp (614 words)

	scotland
		Scotland, or in Gaelic, Alba, consists of a formerly independent kingdom located in the northern one third of the island of Great Britain.
		Scotland consists of a mainland area plus several island groups, including the Shetlandss, the Orkneyss, and the Hebrides, divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides.
		The Church of Scotland (often referred to as The Kirk) is the national church.
	www.fact-library.com /scotland.html (2453 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scotland
		Scotland was an independent kingdom until James VI succeeded to the English Crown in 1603; and it continued constitutionally separate from England until the conclusion of the treaty of union a century later.
		The proposal was favourably received in Scotland; but while the eight-year-old queen was on her way from Orkney, and the realm was immediately divided by rival claimants to the throne, John de Baliol and Robert Bruce, both descended from a brother of William the Lion.
		Scotland was the last state in Christendom to adhere to the antipope, and only in 1418 declared her allegiance to the rightful pontiff, Martin V.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13613a.htm (9453 words)

	Scotland: Gateway to Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scotland is one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
		Scotland has given rise to many more famous people, notable in the arts, literature, the sciences and as inventors, philosophers, architects and so on, than would be expected for a country of such modest size and population.
		Scotland was a wealthy country through until the beginning of the 14th Century, when Edward I of England (known as the "Hammer of the Scots") was determined to incorporate Scotland into the English crown.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/scotland.html (1630 words)

	2003 Education and Training in Scotland National Dossier: Summary: page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under the terms of the Act of Union of 1707 the separate governments of Scotland and England were united under one Parliament (a century after James VI of Scotland united the two kingdoms in 1603 on his accession to the throne of England) to form Great Britain.
		Scotland’s separate legal system and her national church were safeguarded under the settlement, which also made provision for the office, within government, of a Secretary for Scotland and for continuation of the historic Privy Council, which had seen to the preservation of law and order.
		In Scotland the Education Acts are mainly concerned with the organisation and administration of education, giving powers to certain bodies, for example to the Scottish Ministers to make regulations or to education authorities or to Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education in connection with the provision of education.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library5/education/eats-03.asp (4279 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		Scotland has two types of pipes: the Highland and the Lowland or cauld-wind pipes, with the latter being bellow-driven (providing the cauld-wind), and including the Border pipes, used for reveilles and curfews by town pipers, but rarely played today.
		His acknowledgment of Edward III as suzerain over Scotland forced the hand of the nationalists who formed a coalition to defeat Balliol at Annan, but were themselves defeated at the Battle of Halidon Hill and their leader Douglas killed by the armies of the English king.
		It was a victory for Scotland, for the armies of Robert Bruce, and, on behalf of small nations everywhere in Europe, for the forces of nationalism.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/b1.html (2931 words)

	Scotland and the Political System of the UK
		The Secretary of State of Scotland generally oversees the appointments of judges, and is responsible for the staff and administration of the two Supreme Courts, and the lesser Sheriff Courts.
		It is the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General of Scotland who are the chief legal advisers to the Cabinet and government on Scottish issues, and the main "representatives of the Crown for the purposes of litigation in Scotland." Like the Secretary of State, both are government ministers.
		The Secretary is supposed to be Scotland's representative to the Cabinet, and is the head of the Scottish Office, centered in Edinburgh (the old Scottish capital).
	www.geocities.com /hfien/scots/490uk.html (3342 words)

	Virginia Secretary Of State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for foreign affairs.
		If the Secretary of State resigns or dies, the Deputy Secretary of State becomes Acting Secretary of State until the President and Senate appoint a replacement.
		At the time of American independence "Secretary of State" was a title given to senoir members of the King's cabinet, ie: "Secretary of State in Charge of Colonies." The position of "Secretary of State of The United States" was thus intended to be the most general and important
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/94/virginia-secretary-of-state.html (807 words)

	Scotland Ministers
		Scotland Was granted a degree of self-rule in 1999 from United Kingdom until then it was ruled from the Scottish Office in London.
		Secretary of State and the Scotland Office is to represent Scottish interests in matters that are reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament and promote the devolution settlement for Scotland.
		Scottish Labour Party Secretary General 1977-88 and 1997-98 Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1998-99 Minister of State of The Scottish Office as Deputy Secretary of State and Minister in charge of Education and Industry, 1999 Transport Minister (Attending the Cabinet meetings) and 1999-2001 Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe (b.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Scotland.htm (402 words)

	How Scotland is governed today
		Scotland is today governed as an integral part of the United Kingdom, by the British Parliament in Westminster, London.
		When, 1603, James IV of Scotland acceded to the throne of England creating the Union of the Crowns, and thus the end of the Scottish Monarchy, a process was started which was eventually to see the end of Scotland as an independent nation state.
		George Younger, the Secretary of State for 7 years of the Thatcher regime, is regarded as protecting Scotland from extremes of monetarist ideology and, as alluded to above, set something of a recent trend by being promoted from the post.
	www.highlanderweb.co.uk /howscot.htm (913 words)

	Secretary (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Secretary is the first of its kind - a very dark love story.
		Maggie Gyllenhaal is outstanding in a potential minefield of a role - she handles it with dignity and even provides some effective dark humour.
		The story here is that her character, Lee, applies for a job as a secretary for the firm owned by James Spader's brilliant Mr Grey.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0274812 (564 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Scottish secretary post questioned
		The peers said they doubted whether a minister of cabinet rank was needed to argue Scotland's case in Whitehall now that the country has a Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive.
		When asked by BBC Radio Scotland about the possible abolition of her job, Ms Liddell said: "My job is a matter for the prime minister.
		However, the post of Scottish Secretary was retained and Mrs Liddell's Scotland Office was given the responsibility of "ensuring that Scottish interests are represented" at Westminster.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/2660583.stm (443 words)

	: Where can I find information on Scotland’s history? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In central and southern Scotland while fighting still continued across the border with England and each regularly raided and stole from the other, a more sophisticated lifestyle was emerging, particularly around Edinburgh, the capital.
		However, in 1885 a Secretary for Scotland was appointed and a Scottish Office established in London.
		The Scotland Act 1998 gave the necessary statutory framework to set up a Scottish Parliament and Government (Executive), which the majority of Scottish people had endorsed in a referendum in September 1997.
	www.britainusa.com /sections/other_show.asp?Sarticletype=2&other_ID=395&i=93 (695 words)

	Oliver Brown - Secretary of State for Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Secretary of State for Scotland on appointment takes an oath of loyalty to the Queen.
		He was head of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board whose further development has been vetoed by his Party’s Government.
		The brain impulses of the dinosaur travelled such a long way to its body that it was obliged to develop a secondary brain in the bottom.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/oliverbrown/secretary.htm (239 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Scots Secretary 'a part-time job'
		Jack McConnell has declared the Secretary of Scotland's job was no longer "full time" and that he was happy with the country's new constitutional arrangements.
		Mr Darling will speak for Scotland in the Commons, but the Scotland Office is being incorporated into the new Department for Constitutional Affairs under the leadership of Lord Falconer - who also attended Monday's meeting.
		Last week's reshuffle was mired in confusion as it initially appeared that the Scotland Office and the post of Scottish secretary had been scrapped.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/2992812.stm (794 words)

	Scotland may lose chip design hub, Alba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scotland's Alba Centre, the chip design institute set up in 1997 to revive skills and inward investment in West Lothian, may be under threat following a House of Lord's Select Committee report that supports the establishment of a rival design hub in the South of England.
		According to a report from Scotland on Sunday (SoS), the House of Lords Select Committee Science and Technology report, Chips with Everything, which examined the UK's chip design industry, recommended the establishment of a single national research institute.
		The Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell and trade secretary, Patricia Hewitt have also been contacted regarding the thousands of jobs that are at risk from the possible closure.
	www.commsdesign.com /printableArticle?articleID=16500663 (350 words)

	Scotland Office - Who we are - Secretary of State for Scotland
		The Rt Hon Alistair Darling, is Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Transport.
		Previously he was Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions from June 2001 to May 2002; Secretary of State for Social Security between July 1998 and June 2001, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from May 1997 to July 1998.
		Alistair Darling was the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July 1996 to April 1997, Opposition Spokesman on the City and Financial Services between 1992 and July 1996 and in the Opposition Home Affairs Team from 1988-92.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /who-we-are/secretary-of-state.html (191 words)

	ESU Scotland - History
		Following a visit from the Secretary to St Petersburg in January, a delegation from ESU St Petersburg will be coming to Scotland at the beginning of July to visit Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands.
		The former Secretary of State for Defence, Sir John Nott, and his wife were the guests of the Glasgow and South-West Scotland branch at a literary lunch to introduce his memoirs.
		Four representatives of ESU Scotland have been invited to a Garden Party at Holyrood House at the end of May to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.
	www.esuscotland.org.uk /newsletter2002summer.htm (728 words)

	Christian Aid Scotland Office Addresses and Opening Times
		Scotland has its own distinctive political, educational and media institutions, so the team has a press officer, two youth co-ordinators, an educational specialist and a denominational appeals officer who works with the sponsoring churches.
		Christian Aid enjoys a close relationship with the Churches in Scotland as well as with other Scottish agencies such as Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) and Oxfam, and is a member of Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACT).
		The team's work is carried out by 540 Committees and many thousands of volunteers throughout Scotland each year, who raise over £1.25 million towards the fight against poverty.
	www.christian-aid.org.uk /ukireland/scotland (260 words)

	SkyMinds.Net (Scottish Politics: Home Rule)
		In 1885, the Post of Secretary for Scotland was re-established (it had been abolished after the battle of Culloden in 1745) to promote Scotland's interests and voice its grievances to the British Parliament.
		The Scottish Office was created the same year: it wass purely administrative (the Post of Secretary for Scotland led it).
		London was considered as the center of the Empire and this was resented in Scotland.
	www.skyminds.net /politics/scot_homerule.php (831 words)

	AllRefer.com - Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of (Cell Biology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Although associated with the "Fourth Party" of Lord Randolph Churchill, he remained close to Salisbury, serving as president of the Local Government Board (1885–86) and secretary for Scotland (1886).
		As chief secretary for Ireland (1887–91) Balfour was a resolute opponent of the Home Rule movement and suppressed riots, but he worked for agrarian reform.
		In this capacity he issued the Balfour Declaration (1917), pledging British support to the Zionist hope for a Jewish national home in Palestine, with the proviso that the rights of non-Jewish communities in Palestine would be respected (see Zionism).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BalfourA.html (534 words)

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