Minister for Parliamentary Business

The Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy is a cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 post is the Scottish Government whose job it is to steer government business through the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. The role combines the duties of Chief Whip

Chief Whip

The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...

 and Leader of the House

Leader of the House

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 in other national legislatures.
From 1999 to 2007 the holder of the post was entilted to attend cabinet meetings, but was lowerd to a junior ministeral position in 2007. However after the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the post was elevated back to cabinet level with the creation of a new junior post the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip

Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip

The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government whose job it is to steer government business through the Scottish Parliament. It is currently held by Brian Adam MSP of the Scottish National Party...

 reports. The ministerial post is currently held by Bruce Crawford

Bruce Crawford

Bruce Crawford is the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy in the Scottish Government and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling.-Background:...

 MSP of the Scottish National Party

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

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Minister

Government Business Manager and Chief Whip
Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Tom McCabe Tom McCabe Thomas "Tom" McCabe is a Scottish Labour Party politician, a former Minister for Finance in the Scottish Executive, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South until May 2011....	19 May 1999	27 November 2001	Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
Minister for Parliamentary Business
	1.	Patricia Ferguson Patricia Ferguson Patricia Josephine Ferguson is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill, a seat which she has held since 1999.- Background :...	27 November 2001	4 October 2004	Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
	2.	Margaret Curran	4 October 2004	17 May 2007	Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
	3.	Bruce Crawford Bruce Crawford Bruce Crawford is the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy in the Scottish Government and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling.-Background:... *	17 May 2007	19 May 2011	Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy
	1.	Bruce Crawford Bruce Crawford Bruce Crawford is the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy in the Scottish Government and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling.-Background:...	19 May 2007		Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

• from 17 May 2007 to 19 May 2011 the post was not a Cabinet position

External links

• Minister for Parliamentary Business - Scottish Government