Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

North-east Tory MP David Duguid back in UK Government in Liz Truss reshuffle

David Duguid.

North-east Tory MP David Duguid has been brought back into UK’s Scotland Office by Liz Truss.

Mr Duguid will work for cabinet minister Alister Jack as parliamentary under-secretary of state, a position he held until last September when he became a trade envoy.

The Banff and Buchan MP repeatedly showed loyalty to Boris Johnson when he was in office and backed him in a House of Commons confidence vote.

But he finally turned against the ex-Tory leader in July when dozens of ministerial resignations eventually forced him out as prime minister.

He was the final Scottish Tory MP to remove his support for Mr Johnson.

Prime Minister Liz Truss
Liz Truss.

After his appointment, Mr Duguid said: “I am honoured to have been appointed as a Scotland Office minister.

“I look forward to working with the Scottish Secretary and ministerial colleagues across the UK Government to deliver our ambitious programme for the people of Scotland.”

Tory chief Ms Truss has given key cabinet posts to some ministers who backed her predecessor until the end, including Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Key allies of defeated rival candidate Rishi Sunak have largely been frozen out of her government.

In his new role, Mr Duguid can be expected to continue lobbying for a green freeport bid from Aberdeen and Peterhead to be accepted.

The UK Government has confirmed two of the special economic zones will be launched in Scotland and backers of the north-east bid hope it can bring thousands of jobs to the area.

Aberdeen harbour.
A new freeport could come to Aberdeen.

Mr Duguid sparked anger among environmentalists last year when he claimed it would be better to extract oil and leave it unused rather than importing supplies from abroad.

His party leader Ms Truss wants to ramp up oil and gas production in the North Sea in response to the energy crisis despite SNP opposition.

Mr Duguid argued domestic fossil fuels supplies were better since the industry could help support British workers.