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First Secretary

British

noun

the chief minister of the National Assembly for Wales

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At the time Epstein had considered asking Stern for his help in an EMI investment, Lord Mandelson was First Secretary of State and Business Secretary in the UK government.

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And after the last few weeks, there are specific calls from women in the Labour Party for an inquiry into the behaviour of the late Mohammed Al Fayed, and a woman to be given the cabinet post as first secretary of state.

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Labour MP Natalie Fleet, who attended the meeting, said the suggestion of appointing a female first secretary of state was put to him by former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and he had promised to "take it away".

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The first secretary of state is a role which, historically, has had similar standing and functions to that of deputy prime minister, a post currently held by David Lammy.

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Previous holders of the post of first secretary of state include Dominic Raab, Damian Green and Lord Mandelson, during former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government.

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