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[[Simon Burns]] is a Minister of State at the [[Department of Health]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> | [[Simon Burns]] is a Minister of State at the [[Department of Health]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | He was junior health minister at the end of the last Conservative administration and a shadow health minister from 2001-05. | ||
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| + | According to the Health Service Journal: "His brief is wide but his responsibility for “legislation” is the most significant, as he will be the key link between Tory MPs worried about health reforms and Mr Lansley. His main job for 2011 will be to work the Commons tea rooms and keep the troops in line.<ref>Health Service Journal, [http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/hsj-100/049-simon-burns/5021883.article HSJ100 2010], 17 November, 2010</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 24 November 2010
Simon Burns is a Minister of State at the Department of Health.[1]
He was junior health minister at the end of the last Conservative administration and a shadow health minister from 2001-05.
According to the Health Service Journal: "His brief is wide but his responsibility for “legislation” is the most significant, as he will be the key link between Tory MPs worried about health reforms and Mr Lansley. His main job for 2011 will be to work the Commons tea rooms and keep the troops in line.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
- ↑ Health Service Journal, HSJ100 2010, 17 November, 2010
