James Daniel Gallagher
CB FRSE
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is a Scottish civil servant.
He was Director General of
devolution
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for the United Kingdom's
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from 2007 until 2010,
and served as Secretary to the
Commission on Scottish Devolution
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.
He joined
Better Together in January 2014 as a strategy advisor.
He was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Bath
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(CB) in the
2005 Birthday Honours
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.
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