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The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
• The Rt Hon Dr Thrse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Deputy Prime Minister
• The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Wendy Morton MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will attend Cabinet
• The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence
• The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP as Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
• The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities
• The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
• Lord TrueCBE as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
• The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP as Minister without Portfolio
• The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP has been re-appointed as COP26 President
• The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing andCommunities
• Kemi Badenoch MP as Secretary of State for International Trade andPresident of the Board of Trade
• Chloe Smith MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP as Secretary of State for Education
• Ranil Jayawardena MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as Secretary of State for Transport
• The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland
• The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE QC MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Wales
• Chris Philp MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will attend Cabinet
• Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP as Attorney General. He will attend Cabinet
• Edward Argar MP as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet
• Vicky Ford MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Development) in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She will attend Cabinet
• Tom Tugendhat MBE MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) in the Home Department. He will attend Cabinet
• James Heappey MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. He will be Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans and will attend Cabinet
• Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Climate) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will attend Cabinet
• The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Rachel Maclean MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
• Victoria Prentis MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
• Paul Scully MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for London) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Leo Docherty MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Tom Pursglove MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
• Jeremy Quin MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
• Jackie Doyle-Price MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
• The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Alec Shelbrooke MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
• James Duddridge MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
• Kelly Tolhurst MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
• Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
• The Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
• Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Kevin Foster MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport

On Wednesday 7 September, The Queen approved the following appointments to take effect today (Thursday 8 September):

• The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
• Andrew Griffith MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Neil OBrien MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Dr Caroline Johnson MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Gillian Keegan MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Brendan Clarke-Smith MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
• Dehenna Davison MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• David TC Davies MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Wales Office
• Jo Churchill MP as Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majestys Household (Government Whip)
• Rt Hon Sir David Evennett MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)

The following have been reappointed:

• Andrea Jenkyns MP has been reappointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Education
• Damian Collins MP has been reappointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Rebecca Harris MP has been reappointed as Comptroller of Her Majestys Household (Government Whip);
• Joy Morrissey MP has been reappointed as an Assistant Government Whip
• Stuart Anderson MP has been reappointed as an
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