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The 'Secretary of State for Justice' is a United Kingdom cabinet position. It was created in 2007 replacing the abolished Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, which was originally intended to fulfill those functions of the office of Lord Chancellor which related to the Lord Chancellor's Department. On 9 May 2007, the Department for Constitutional Affairs was abolished, and a Ministry of Justice was created in its place.
The Ministry of Justice is also responsible for certain other functions transferred from the Home Office.
The then Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, was appointed to the post of Secretary of State for Justice on the abolition of his position as Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. The Home Secretary, John Reid, told Parliament that future Secretaries of State for Justice would be MPs rather than peers. Jack Straw took over this department on 28 June 2007.

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Secretary of State for Justice

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Secretary of State for Justice

Name		Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
	Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton	9 May 2007	27 June 2007	Labour	Previously the first and only Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs; Also held the office and title of Lord Chancellor
	Jack Straw	28 June 2007	''Incumbent''	Labour	First non-peer to be Lord Chancellor since the seventeenth century.

See also

★ Constitutional Reform Act 2005

External links

★ The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 from HMSO

★ The Ministry of Justice official website