Glasgow South MP Tom Harris has been appointed to Labour’s front bench in the Commons after a three-and-a-half year absence.

Ed Miliband made the appointment today in a mini reshuffle prompted by the resignation of Welsh Secretary Peter Hain. Tom replaces East Lothian MP Fiona O’Donnell as a Shadow Minister for DEFRA (Department  for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Tom said: “It’s a huge honour to have been asked by Ed to serve on the front bench. I can’t wait to get started in the great team led by Shadow Environment Secretary Mary Creagh.”