Cooper, 56, replaced David Lammy, who was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, and also Deputy Prime Minister LONDON, September 5. /TASS/. Former UK Secretary of State for the Home Department Yvette Cooper has been appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, according to a press release from the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Office. "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP [was appointed] as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and