Chief Secretary to the Treasury
{{Short description|Senior minister in His Majesty's Treasury}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|United Kingdom}}
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
| image = Darren Jones Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = Darren Jones
| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024
| department = His Majesty's Treasury
| style = The Right Honourable
| reports_to = Chancellor of the Exchequer
Prime Minister
| nominator = Prime Minister
| appointer = The Monarch
{{small|(on the advice of the Prime Minister)}}
| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
| first = Henry Brooke
| formation = 8 October 1961
| salary = £121,326 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
(including £86,584 MP salary){{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chief-secretary-to-the-treasury|Official Website}}
| body =
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{{PoliticsUK}}
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is always a full member or attendee of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
The minister is shadowed by the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.
History and responsibilities
Between 1961 and 2015, the holder of the office of Chief Secretary to the Treasury was of full cabinet rank. This formally made HM Treasury the only department to have more than one ministerial position of cabinet rank.{{citation|title=Mastering British Politics|author1=F N Forman|author2=N D J Baldwin|edition=5th|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2007}}{{citation|title=The British Political Tradition: Volume III, Part One, Much Governed Nation|author=W H Greenleaf|year=1983|publisher=Routledge}}
The office holder is responsible for public expenditure, including spending reviews.{{Cite web |title=Chief Secretary to the Treasury – GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chief-secretary-to-the-treasury |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}
List of chief secretaries to the treasury
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | | Henry Brooke | 9 October | 13 July | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative government, 1957–1964 | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwj}} | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | John Boyd-Carpenter{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-boyd-carpenter/index.html |title=Mr John Boyd-Carpenter |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=6 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 13 July | rowspan=2 | 16 October | rowspan=2 | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Reginald Maudling |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" | | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Douglas-Home |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | Jack Diamond{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-jack-diamond/index.html |title=Mr Jack Diamond |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=6 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 20 October | rowspan=2 | 19 June | rowspan=2 | Labour | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour government, 1964–1970 | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Maurice Macmillan{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/910 |title=Rt Hon Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 23 June | rowspan=2 | 7 April | rowspan=2 | Conservative | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Heath | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Anthony Barber |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | | Patrick Jenkin{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-jenkin-of-roding/1097 |title=Lord Jenkin of Roding |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 October 2017}} | 7 April | |8 January |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | | Tom Boardman{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-thomas-boardman/index.html |title=Mr Thomas Boardman |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=6 October 2017}} | 8 January | 4 March |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Joel Barnett{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/member/1018 |title=Lord Barnett |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 7 March | rowspan=2 | 4 May | rowspan=2 | Labour | {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour government, 1974–1979 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Denis Healey |
{{Party shading/Labour}} | Callaghan |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | | John Biffen{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/749 |title=Rt Hon John Biffen |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 October 2017}} | 5 May | 5 January | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher I | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Geoffrey Howe |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Leon Brittan{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-brittan-of-spennithorne/709 |title=Lord Brittan of Spennithorne |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 October 2017}} | 5 January | 11 June |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | | Peter Rees{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-peter-rees/index.html |title=Mr Peter Rees |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=6 October 2017}} | 11 June | 2 September | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher II | rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Nigel Lawson |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | John MacGregor{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-macgregor-of-pulham-market/131 |title=Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 2 September | 13 June |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | John Major{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/119 |title=Rt Hon John Major |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 13 June | 24 July | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher III |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Norman Lamont{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lamont-of-lerwick/895 |title=Lord Lamont of Lerwick |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 24 July | 28 November | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | David Mellor{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/1134 |title=Rt Hon David Mellor |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 28 November | 10 April | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major I | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Norman Lamont |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | Michael Portillo{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/187 |title=Rt Hon Michael Portillo |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 10 April | rowspan=2 | 20 July | rowspan=2 | Conservative | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major II |
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| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Kenneth Clarke |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Jonathan Aitken{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/735 |title=Jonathan Aitken |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 20 July | 5 July |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | William Waldegrave{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-waldegrave-of-north-hill/957 |title=Lord Waldegrave of North Hill |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 5 July | 2 May |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Alistair Darling{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-darling-of-roulanish/596 |title=Lord Darling of Roulanish |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 3 May | 27 July | Labour | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair I | rowspan=8 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=8 | Gordon Brown |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | File:Stephen Byers official portrait.jpg | Stephen Byers{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/524 |title=Mr Stephen Byers |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 27 July | 23 December | Labour |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Alan Milburn{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/507 |title=Mr Alan Milburn |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 23 December | 11 October | Labour |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | Andrew Smith{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-smith/95 |title=Rt Hon Andrew Smith |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | rowspan=2 | 11 October | rowspan=2 | 29 May | rowspan=2 | Labour |
rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair II |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Paul Boateng{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boateng/147 |title=Lord Boateng |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 29 May | 6 May | Labour |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Des Browne{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-ladyton/620 |title=Lord Browne of Ladyton |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 6 May | Labour | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair III |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Stephen Timms{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-timms/163 |title=Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 28 June | Labour |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Andy Burnham{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andy-burnham/1427 |title=Rt Hon Andy Burnham |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 28 June | 24 January | Labour | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Brown | rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Alistair Darling |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Yvette Cooper{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/yvette-cooper/420 |title=Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 24 January | 5 June | Labour |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Liam Byrne{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/liam-byrne/1171 |title=Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 5 June | 11 May | Labour |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | 75px | David Laws{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-laws/1473 |title=Rt Hon David Laws |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 12 May | 29 May | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Cameron–Clegg | rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | George Osborne |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | 75px | Danny Alexander{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/1535 |title=Rt Hon Danny Alexander |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 29 May | 8 May |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Greg Hands{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/greg-hands/1526 |title=Rt Hon Greg Hands MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 11 May | 14 July | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Cameron II |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | David Gauke{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-gauke/1529 |title=Rt Hon David Gauke MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 14 July | 11 June | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May I | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Philip Hammond |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | File:Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpg | Liz Truss{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/elizabeth-truss/4097 |title=Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 October 2017}} | 11 June | 24 July | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May II |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" | | rowspan=2 | File:Official portrait of Rishi Sunak crop 2.jpg | rowspan=2 | Rishi Sunak{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/rishi-sunak/4483 |title=Rishi Sunak MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=25 July 2019}} | rowspan=2 | 24 July | rowspan=2 | 13 February | rowspan=2 | Conservative | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson I | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Sajid Javid |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}} | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson II |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg | Steve Barclay{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/contact |title=Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=13 February 2020}} | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | style="border-style: solid solid none solid ;"| Rishi Sunak |
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | File:Official portrait of Mr Simon Clarke MP crop 2.jpg | rowspan=2 | Simon Clarke{{Cite web |title=The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/simon-clarke |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=gov.uk}} | rowspan=2 | 15 September | rowspan=2 | 6 September | rowspan=2 | Conservative | style="border-style: none solid solid solid ;"| |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Chris Philp{{Cite web |title=Chris Philp MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chris-philp-mp |website=gov.uk |access-date=26 September 2022}} | 6 September | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Truss | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Edward Argar{{Cite web | url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-treasury-minister-philp-be-replaced-by-edward-argar-times-2022-10-14/ | title= UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar | publisher= Reuters | date= 14 October 2022 | accessdate = 14 October 2022}} | 25 October | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Jeremy Hunt |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | John Glen{{Cite web | url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/john-glen-appointed-chief-secretary-uk-treasury-statement-2022-10-25/ | title= John Glen appointed Chief Secretary to UK Treasury – statement | publisher= Reuters | date= 25 October 2022 | accessdate= 25 October 2022}}> | 25 October | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Sunak | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px |Laura Trott |5 July | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Darren Jones | 5 July | Incumbent | Labour | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Starmer | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
See also
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