Full list of Opposition team for lead-up to the next general election
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Leader: Tony Blair.
Deputy leader: John Prescott.
Duchy of Lancaster: Derek Foster, Richard Caborn (deputy to John Prescott), Peter Mandelson.
Defence: David Clark*, John Reid, Paul Murphy, John Spellar.
Disabled People's Rights: Tom Clarke*, Gordon McMaster.
Education and Employment: David Blunkett*, Bryan Davies, Peter Kilfoyle, Stephen Byers, Estelle Morris. Employment: Michael Meacher*, Ian McCartney.
Environment and London: Frank Dobson*, Hilary Armstrong, Nick Raynsford, Keith Vaz. Environmental Protection: Joan Ruddock.
Agriculture: Gavin Strang*, Elliot Morley, Llin Golding.
Foreign Affairs: Robin Cook*, Joyce Quin, Tony Lloyd, Derek Fatchett.
Health: Harriet Harman*, Henry McLeish, Kevin Barron, Alan Milburn.
Home Affairs: Jack Straw*, Alun Michael, Doug Henderson, George Howarth.
Law Officer: John Morris QC.
Leader of the House: Ann Taylor*, Jeff Rooker.
Lord Chancellor's Department: Paul Boateng.
National Heritage: Dr Jack Cunningham, Mark Fisher, Tom Pendry, Lewis Moonie.
Northern Ireland: Marjorie Mowlam*, Tony Worthington, Jim Dowd, Eric Illsley.
Overseas Development: Joan Lestor*, George Foulkes.
Scotland: George Robertson*, John McFall, John McAllion, Helen Liddell.
Social Security: Chris Smith*, Keith Bradley, John Denham, Malcolm Wicks.
Trade and Industry: Margaret Beckett*, Adam Ingram, Stuart Bell, Nigel Griffiths, John Battle, Kim Howells, Goeff Hoon, Barbara Roche.
Transport: Clare Short*, Brian Wilson, Graham Allen.
Economics: Gordon Brown*, Alistair Darling, Dawn Primarolo, Mike O'Brien. Chief Treasury Secretary: Andrew Smith.
Wales: Ron Davies*, Win Griffiths, Rhodri Morgan.
Women: Tessa Jowell.
Whips - Chief Whip: Donald Dewar. Deputy Chief Whip: Don Dixon (Nick Brown). Pairing whip: George Mudie. Whips: Dennis Turner, John Cummings, Joe Benton, Jon Owen Jones, Eric Clarke, Bob Ainsworth, Eric Martlew, Janet Anderson, David Clelland, Ann Coffey, Peter Hain, Jane Kennedy, Greg Pope, Bridget Prentice.
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