When Labour won the election in 1997 he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for International Development, where he was Clare Short's deputy until February 2001, when he was appointed Minister of State for Scotland until the May 2002 reshuffle.
He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for International Development. Labour won the election in 1997. He was Clare Short's deputy until February 2001. He was appointed Minister of State for Scotland until the May 2002 reshuffle.