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Fisheries role for Banff and Buchan MP following ministerial reshuffle


By David Porter

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MP David Duguid.
MP David Duguid.

Conservative MP for Banff and Buchan, David Duguid has left the UK Government, Downing Street has confirmed as the Prime Minister carries out his latest reshuffle of ministers.

He was previously a junior minister at the Scotland Office and an assistant Government whip.

In a statement, 10 Downing Street listed Mr Duguid who was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, and Assistant Government Whip as one of a list of 15 MPs who no longer serve as part of the UK Government and which includes Gavin Williamson, previously Secretary of State for Education, Robert Jenrick previously Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Robert Buckland previously Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice.

Duguid said it had been his "honour and genuine pleasure" to serve in the UK Government for 15 months.

“The Prime Minister has asked me to take on a new role as his fisheries envoy which I have accepted and look forward to embracing fully,

“And of course I will continue speaking up for businesses, communities and all the people of Banff and Buchan.”


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