JUSTICE DONE AS HEATH RETAINS SHADOW CABINET ROLE

12.00.00am GMT Thu 20th Dec 2007

David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, has welcomed the retention of his position as Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor in the new Shadow Cabinet announced today by the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP.

Mr. Heath has held the post since July of this year and will continue to be the party's spokesman on a portfolio that includes subjects as diverse as the penal system, party funding, electoral reform, constitutional affairs and legal matters.

Commenting David said:

"I am delighted to be able to continue my role as Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary under Nick's leadership.

This is a challenging and wide-reaching portfolio and I will continue to strive to protect and enhance the best of British Justice and to create a constitution and a parliament fit for the 21st Century.

Issues such as prisons, probation, and reform of an unfair electoral system are of great importance to the people of Somerset and to the country at large."