https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/b716674351e03d23e7470c816deaa755.pdf 85fd5262150c1d3d4515fa96e057aaa8 Ministerial Submission This is a minister's formal advice to the Sovereign. Transcript A transcript of the document. <span class="pagenum">Page 1</span> <p class="sender"><span class="honorific">Rt Hon</span> <span class="name">Nicola Sturgeon MSP</span> <span class="role">First Minister of Scotland</span></p> <p class="sender-address">St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG <span class="tel">T: 0300 244 4000</span></p> <p class="organisation" style="text-align:right;">The Scottish Government <span class="gaelic">Riaghaltas na h-Alba</span></p> <div class="recipient">Her Majesty The Queen<br />Buckingham Palace<br />LONDON SW1A 1AA</div> <p class="date">19 May 2016</p> <p class="salutation">Your Majesty,</p> <p>With my humble duty, I write to seek Your Majesty’s approval to make appointments under sections 47 and 49 of the Scotland Act 1998.</p> <p>I propose to appoint the following Members of the Scottish Parliament as Scottish Ministers under section 47 of the Scotland Act 1998 to serve as members of the Scottish Government. In keeping with existing convention, they will in practice be referred to as Cabinet Secretaries.</p> <ul class="appointments senior"> <li><span class="person">Fergus Stewart Ewing</span>, <span class="office">Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity</span></li> <li><span class="person">Derek John Mackay</span>, <span class="office">Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution</span></li> </ul> <p>I also propose to appoint the following Members of the Scottish Parliament as junior Scottish Ministers under section 49 of the Scotland Act 1998. In keeping with existing convention, they will in practice be referred to as Ministers.</p> <ul class="appointments junior"> <li><span class="person">Jeane Tennent Freeman</span>, <span class="office">Minister for Social Security</span></li> <li><span class="person">Shirley-Anne Somerville</span>, <span class="office">Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science</span></li> <li><span class="person">Kevin Morrice Stewart</span>, <span class="office">Minister for Local Government and Housing</span></li> <li><span class="person">Mark McDonald</span>, <span class="office">Minister for Children and Early Years</span></li> </ul> <p>The following Cabinet Secretaries have demitted office:</p> <ul class="demissions cabinet-secretaries"> <li><span class="person">Alexander Neil</span>, <span class="former-office">formerly Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights</span></li> <li><span class="person">Richard Neilson Lochhead</span>, <span class="former-office">formerly Cabinet Secretary Rural Affairs, Food and Environment</span></li> </ul> <span class="pagenum">Page 2</span> <p>The following Ministers have demitted office:</p> <ul class="demissions ministers"> <li><span class="person">Dr Aileen Joyce McLeod</span>, <span class="former-office">formerly Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform</span></li> <li><span class="person">Margaret Jean Burgess</span>, <span class="former-office">formerly Minister for Housing and Welfare</span></li> <li><span class="person">Marco Biagi</span>, <span class="former-office">formerly Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment</span></li> </ul> <p>The Scottish Parliament has today agreed to my seeking Your Majesty’s approval to make these appointments.</p> <p>I have the honour to be, Madam, Your Majesty’s most humble and obedient servant.</p> <p class="signature" style="text-align:center;"><span class="sgd">(Sgd.)</span><em> Yours faithfully,<br /><span class="autograph">Nicola Sturgeon<br /><br /></span></em><span class="autograph"><strong>NICOLA STURGEON</strong></span><em><span class="autograph"><br /></span></em></p> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister of Scotland) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Scottish Government logo as the letterhead. Printed in a sanserif font (Arial?). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Submission - Scottish Ministerial Appointments [2016-05-19] Subject The topic of the resource Ministerial Appointments Scottish Government Description An account of the resource Nicola Sturgeon's formal advice seeking Queen Elizabeth II's approval for the appointment of various Scottish Ministers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister of Scotland) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI release Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-05-19 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/47" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Scotland First Minister of Scotland Formal Advice Ministerial Appointments Monarch Scottish Government