Pat it is indeed

The new Attorney is not, unfortunately, Lord Head of Legal, but is indeed Baroness Scotland, as predicted here (well, sort of). The civil servants or web http://www.gooakley.com/ contractors at Patsy’s new den haven’t yet updated her site yet, but Vera Baird is the new Solicitor General, according to No. 10’s website. Lord Davidson remains Advocate General for Scotland.

It’ll be interesting to see whether Gordon Brown’s theme of a new approach to governing and constitutional innovation will extend to any change in what the Attorney does. For instance, will Gordon take up Harriet Harman’s proposal earlier this year that the Attorney’s advice be published? I doubt it.

He’s already rejected her suggestion that the Occhiali Da sole Ray Ban outlet Attorney should no longer attend Cabinet. Baroness Scotland will do so. And he missed his chance to appoint a non-political lawyer as Attorney or (unless it was Ming Campbell what out the kybosh on it) a non-Labour figure like Lord Carlile. Let’s see if there end up being any changes to the role at all: for instance, if appointment of Law Officers in future is subject to confirmation by a Parliamentary Committee.