New minister for the voluntary sector
Howard Lake | 13 May 2005 | News
Paul Goggins MP has been appointed Parliamentary under Secretary with responsibility for the voluntary and community sector, taking over from Fiona Mactaggart, also a Parliamentary under Secretary, who now has responsibility for the criminal justice system and criminal law.
Paul Goggins will support Hazel Blears, Minister of State in the Home Office.
At the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Minister of Sport Richard Caborn has been given responsibility for the National Lottery, as well as gambling.
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Paul Goggins won’t be focusing exclusively on the voluntary and community sector: his other areas of responsibility are serious and organised crime, drugs, the Asset Recovery Agency, the Security Industry Authority, public order, sex offences, roads policing, animal extremism, internet crime, child pornography, football disorder, and community cohesion, faith and race
equality.
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He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.