David Kelly conspiracy theorist Norman Baker will be 'excellent' Home Office minister, says Danny Alexander The decision by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has ruffled feathers, with Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said to be unhappy about Mr Baker's arrival. He said: "Norman is a great appointment. He has been an enormously effective minister in the Department for Transport. He has done a great job for the Government and for the Liberal Democrats and I think he deserves his opportunity. Mr Baker would be campaigning to promote civil liberties policies within the Home Office, Mr Alexander said. Mr Baker wrote a book about Dr David Kelly, the nuclear weapons inspector, who committed suicide a decade ago in 2003, suggesting that he had been murdered. Asked if he agreed with Mr Baker that "an Iraqi death squad assassinated David Kelly," Mr Alexander said "no." He added: "I don't think that. Norman's views on that issue are well-explained. He wrote a book on the subject. I have not read it. Mr Alexander said he did not know whether Mr Baker's views on the death of Dr Kelly were discussed when he was appointed at the Home Office. He said that Mr Baker had been an "enormously effective minister of the crown with access to all sorts of information at the Department for Transport."