The new ministers

May 9, 1997

STEVE BYERS: MINISTER FOR SCHOOL STANDARDS

FAST-RISING Blairite Steve Byers, 44, an education and employment spokesman in Labour's shadow team, becomes Minister for School Standards. A former law lecturer at Newcastle Polytechnic, he won Wallsend in 1992.

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