Which Liberal Democrat has been appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in David Cameron's first Cabinet?
2010 United Kingdom government formation Exchequer, William Hague was named as Foreign Secretary and Oliver Letwin was appointed as Minister of State for the Cabinet Office. Liberal Democrat appointments included Danny Alexander as Secretary of State for Scotland, Chris Huhne as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and David Laws became Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Cameron and Clegg gave their first joint press conference in the Downing Street Rose Garden on the afternoon of 12 May, telling journalists the purpose of their government would be give our country the strong, stable and decisive leadership we need". The new Parliamentary session began with
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a British government cabinet position from 2008 to 2016. The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his Cabinet. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revived the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy as head of the Department of Energy, existing from 1974 to 1992. After which, the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry under the Conservative government of