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	Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the federal government of the United States of America, the main role of the United States Secretary of State is to supervise and conduct foreign policy.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State (934 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.
		Scotland was historically represented in the UK government by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
		The four main cities of Scotland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee have a Lord-Provost rather than a Provost, although their duties are essentially the same.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Politics_of_Scotland (2155 words)

	Secretary of State for Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office).
		By 1885 the job had become too onerous and a separate post of Secretary for Scotland was created, which was usually (though not always) in the Cabinet.
		Also, John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1660 to 1679, but was unique in that sense.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland (781 words)

	House of Lords - City of Edinburgh Council v. Secretary of State for Scotland and Others
		Secretary of State for the Environment and Another (1995) 71 P. and C.R. 175 at p.
		Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 1 W.L.R. 759 at p.
		Counsel for the Secretary of State suggested in the course of his submissions that in the practical application of the section two distinct stages should be identified.
	www.hrothgar.co.uk /WebCases/hol/reports/04/30.htm (3112 words)

	Alistair Darling
		Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland
		Alistair Darling is Secretary of State for the Department for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland.
		Previously Mr Darling 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.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page1386.asp (237 words)

	Encyclopedia [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ibn Rustah states that, while for other lands he had to depend on second-hand reports, often acquired with great difficulty and with no means of checking their veracity, for Isfahan he could use his own exper...
		Scotland has a land boundary with England in the island of Great Britain and is otherwise bounded by seas and oceans.
		Encyclopedia is the dominant spelling used in the United States; an alternate spelling, encyclopaedia (sometimes rendered encyclopædia, with the æ ligature) is commonly used in British and Commonwealth English.
	www.wikimirror.com /encyclopedia (13785 words)

	Scotland: Gateway to Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A Secretary of State for Scotland remains part of the UK Cabinet, and is supported by the Scotland Office (previously the Scottish Office) based in Glasgow, with offices in Edinburgh and London.
		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)

	Alistair Darling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Right Honourable Alistair Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and is Secretary of State for Transport and separately Secretary of State for Scotland.
		He soon became a home affairs spokesman, and at the time of the 1997 General Election had risen to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and was transferred to the real office after the election.
		In 1998 he was made Secretary of State for Social Security replacing Harriet Harman who had been dismissed.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alistair_Darling (320 words)

	Scottish Political Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Joseph Westwood, is appointed Labour Secretary of State for Scotland.
		Arthur Woodburn, is appointed Labour Secretary of State for Scotland.
		Hector McNeil is appointed Labour Secretary of State for Scotland.
	www.alba.org.uk /timeline/1945to1967.html (2397 words)

	Scotland Office - Devolution - The Secretary of State for Scotland
		The primary role of the Secretary of State for Scotland is to promote the devolution settlement and to act as guardian of it.
		The Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State between them are members of around 20 Cabinet Committees and Sub-Committees and are involved on an ad hoc basis as the need arises.
		The Secretary of State retains certain limited executive functions, notably in relation to the financial transactions between the Government and the Scottish Executive and in relation to parliamentary elections.
	scotlandoffice.whitespacers.com /devolution/secretary-of-state.html (403 words)

	Oliver Brown - Secretary of State for Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Oliver Brown - Secretary of State for Scotland
		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.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/oliverbrown/secretary.htm (239 words)

	Articles - Secretary for Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Secretary_for_Scotland (420 words)

	Transport & General - Helen Liddel meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Secretary of State was told that many of today's pensioners are now treated like second-class citizens and any MP or Minister trying to live on the basic state pension would no doubt find it impossible - yet many of our elderly people have to do that every week of the year.
		The Secretary of State was reminded of the promises made in a pamphlet prior to the 1997 election.
		The Pensioner Representatives asked The Secretary of State to encourage Labour Cabinet colleagues to support their campaign, for an increased state pension, an end to means testing, restoration of the link between pensions and earnings.
	www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk /webs/tgrma/liddell.htm (742 words)

	Education in Scotland in 1955: a report of the Secretary of State for Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Education in Scotland in 1955: a report of the Secretary of State for Scotland
		The report states that the number of public and other grant-aided schools increased by 23 to 3,209, with 75 nursery schools, 2,238 primary schools, 809 secondary schools and 88 special schools.
		Nine rural schools are reported to have closed during the year, and one school, on the island of Benbecula, which had previously been closed, was re-opened.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1955/ref1654.html (486 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 Mar 2002 (pt 1)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what joint activities she is planning with the First Minister to intensify the campaign against drugs.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the role within the Scottish economy of the life assurance industry.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the report of the Clyde shipbuilding taskforce.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020319/text/20319w01.htm (1259 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Hague pledges cabinet change
		William Hague has promised not to abolish the post of secretary of state for Scotland completely should the Conservatives win the next general election.
		Mr Hague said because of the Scottish secretary's diminished role since devolution, he or she would also be given additional cabinet responsibilities.
		He said: "The idea of a Secretary of State for the Union might sound reasonable, but it fails to take account of the distinctive needs of Scotland and Wales in post-devolution Britain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1201000/1201397.stm (375 words)

	Friends of Scotland - About - Speech at British High Commision, Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		And as the very first femail Secretary of State for Scotland, I am delighted to remind you that Kim Campbell, the first female Prime Minister of Canada was of Scottish descent.
		Scotland was an independent state until 1707, when the Scottish Parliament adopted an Act of Union with England and Wales, and merged itself with the Parliament at Westminster into a new United Kingdom Parliament.
		Scotland's intellectual life and its culture are experiencing a new flowering, and its cities are among the most vibrant – and welcoming to visitors – of any in Europe.
	www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk /about/canada.html (2793 words)

	Secretary of State for Scotland, John Reid MP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Secretary of State for Scotland, John Reid MP Dr John Reid MP, Member of Parliament for Hamilton North and Bellshill, was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland on May 17 1999.
		He was Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions from July 27, 1998.
		He served on the Public Accounts Committee, joined the Labour Party Front Bench in 1990 and became the deputy to the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in 1995.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas99_5/pr1043.htm (276 words)

	Boundary Commission for Scotland
		In its report to the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Commission must make recommendations in respect of any consequential alterations to either any of the boundaries of the regions for returning additional members to the Scottish Parliament or the number of regional members to be returned for any of the regions.
		The inquiry is conducted by an Assistant Commissioner appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland at the request of the Commission.
		The rules also clearly state that, in determining changes to the boundaries of any region a constituency shall fall wholly within a region, and the regional electorate of any region shall be as near the regional electorate of each of the other regions as is reasonably practicable having regard, where appropriate, to special geographical considerations.
	www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk /pressrelease/backgroundandappendices.html (4473 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Devolution - Growing autonomy: Devolution cancels need for office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The position of secretary for Scotland dates from 1885 when the Scottish Office was established, although the holder at the time did not enjoy Cabinet rank.
		From 1892 the secretary for Scotland had a place in the cabinet, but it was only in 1926 that the Baldwin government formally upgraded the office to secretary of state for Scotland with the grand claim that the country had been given a "status unknown since the ’45".
		However, bringing to an end the era of the Scotland Office marks the final act in a drama played out by successive governments which have agreed that more and more powers should be granted to the Scottish Office (as it was known until 1999) and the secretary of state for Scotland.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?id=650722003&tid=447 (699 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Leaders - Scottish Secretary's role
		THE House of Lords constitutional committee, in a well-briefed report, suggests that the office and department of the Secretary of State for Scotland be merged with both its Welsh counterpart and the English Regions team attached to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
		The Secretary of State, Helen Liddell, has failed to substantiate both the use of her time or the size of her department.
		A sensible compromise may be a unified Secretary of State for the Union (with ministers responsible for the non-English constituent parts of the United Kingdom represented in a small government department).
	news.scotsman.com /leaders.cfm?id=54722003 (699 words)

	Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, Speech to the STUC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scotland's past was built on its ability to trade throughout the world, to compete with the best.
		Scotland's manufacturing is just as important as its other industries - financial services for example that employs so many people in Scotland.
		In Scotland transport spending is set to top £1bn a year for the first time ever, and transport projects worth over £3 billion are underway.
	www.scottishlabour.org.uk /darlingstuc (2832 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)

	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)

	Government
		Scotland is part of the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, also called Great Britain.
		Although the British monarch is the head of state, the kingdom is actually governed by a cabinet of government officials called ministers.
		Scotland’s chief minister to the UK cabinet is called the secretary of state for Scotland.
	www-personal.ksu.edu /~grstark/scotland/government.htm (661 words)

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