Tessa Jowell, the former minister for public health, takes over from Mr Smith at employment.
And shadow cabinet office minister Tessa Jowell said she was unconvinced by the government's defence of its idea.
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Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz and former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell have raised their concerns to Lord Coe.
Public Health Minister Tessa Jowell also takes charge of the Sure Start Programme and women's issues in the Commons.
Dame Tessa Jowell, the former Labour Olympics minister, has also welcomed the move.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said the plan showed the Games' power to "change lives on and off the sporting field".
The allegation is that Tessa Jowell's husband received a gift and that she did not report it to her Permanent Secretary.
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Tessa Jowell has stated categorically that she did not know of the existence of any such sum of money until August 2004.
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Ken Clarke, Chris Huhne and Tessa Jowell are among those affected by Boundary Commission plans for England and Northern Ireland.
But Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, has insisted that the organisers of the London Olympics are on course to meet their sponsorship target.
Among others at the event on Thursday were Mayor Ken Livingstone, Olympic gold medal winning sailor Shirley Robertson and Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
Former cabinet ministers Alan Johnson, Tessa Jowell and Yvette Cooper have also entered the ballot for 19 posts - elected by Labour MPs.
He worked alongside the then prime minister Tony Blair and Tessa Jowell MP to secure the 2012 Olympiad for London seven years ago.
Mr Robertson opened the question session by congratulating Dame Tessa Jowell, the shadow Olympics minister, for her work in delivering the London 2012 Games.
Shadow Olympics minister Tessa Jowell warned that priority traffic lanes for athletes and VIPs travelling to the Olympics could cause tensions throughout the city.
His Culture Minister, Tessa Jowell, who is overseeing the review of the BBC's charter, says it's impossible for the government to threaten the corporation's independence.
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Tessa Jowell, Olympics minister and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, said Dame Kelly's involvement would be "a real boost" for school games.
Tessa Jowell, the former British cabinet minister, is not a lawyer.
"You give yourself the best chance by going through stages like this, " Tessa Jowell, the secretary for culture, media and sport (DCMS), told Radio Five Live.
If Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell thinks a proposed merger may not be in the public interest, she will ask new watchdog Ofcom to look into it.
The bulk of those at the ceremony on Thursday were families of the British victims, although they were joined by dignitaries such as Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.
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For Labour, Tessa Jowell agreed the system needed reform but said her party would not have sought to impose a deal if it had still been in government.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, who announced the increased budget for the 2012 Games on Thursday, said the decision to redirect lottery cash was taken "after very careful consideration".
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The teenager, who later met Olympics minister Tessa Jowell for a tour of the House of Commons, spoke of his own ambition to take part in the Games.
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Tessa Jowell is an excellent minister who is widely respected.
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But a spokeswoman for Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell insisted the BBC's license review would not be used to "settle scores" and would not compromise the independence of the BBC.
DCMS, which will be led by Tessa Jowell, also covers the National Lottery, export licensing of cultural goods, broadcasting (it oversees the BBC's licence fee settlement) film, press freedom and tourism.
But several high-profile figures, including Olympic and world heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone have questioned switching its use from athletics to football.
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Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell agreed that the cost of the redundancy scheme needed to be reduced and currently provides "overly generous and disproportionate benefits for some very highly-paid people".
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said that no Olympic planning had been based on Crossrail, and Transport Minister Alistair Darling said the scale of the project would make such a date unlikely.
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