Talk:Secretary of State for Justice

"It is likely that he shall leave this position by the summer as the Home Secretary, John Reid, told Parliament that future Secretaries of State for Justice would be MPs rather than peers. It is expected that when Gordon Brown enters government that Lord Falconer will keep his role as Lord Chancellor and stay in the cabinet as this position while it is most likely Harriet Harman will become the new Secretary of State for Justice" Alesueur 16:21, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * What evidence is there for this assertion that GB intends to de-couple the office of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice?
 * The names of candidates for the posts are speculative and I don't think appropriate for Wikipedia.

Seventeenth century
The article says this about Jack Straw:

First non-peer to serve as Lord Chancellor since the seventeenth century.

Who was the commoner to serve as Lord Chancellor in the 17th century? I guess Clarendon in exile, but as far as I'm aware all the commoners were lord keepers, not lord chancellors. As far as I'm aware, the last commoner to actually serve as lord chancellor was Sir Thomas More. john k (talk) 03:31, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Error in timeline
Timeline is showing Jack Straw's bar as blue when it should be red for labour. Not sure how to amend as the code shows labour! 2A00:23C0:C:7101:C0D1:F4CC:F0AD:852C (talk) 07:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Nope, I was just reading it wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2A00:23C0:C:7101:C0D1:F4CC:F0AD:852C (talk) 07:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)