The Minister of State for Trade Policy is a mid-level role at the Department for Business and Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by Greg Hands, who took the office on 13 November 2023. From 2016 to February 2023 the role was based in the Department for International Trade.
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Trade Policy | |
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| Department for Business and Trade | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 3 September 1953 |
| First holder | Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
| Website | www |
History
editAlthough a Minister of State position, it was considered to be one of the most important jobs outside Cabinet rank as when Douglas Alexander became Minister of State for Trade in September 2004, he was given a special provision to attend the Cabinet meetings.
The subsequent role of Minister of State for Investment was created in 2021.
The minister formerly worked at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for International Trade.
List of ministers
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Minister of State for Investment
edit| Minister of State | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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.jpg) | The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 18 March 2020 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
 | The Lord Johnson of Lainston | 2 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
| 24 November 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ Attended Cabinet.
- ^ Attended Cabinet.
- ^ Jones sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, but never joined the party.
- ^ Thomas apparently continued as a Trade Minister after the appointment of Davies. BERR described him simply as Minister for Trade, rather than Minister for Trade and Investment, as he was prior to Davies' appointment.[1]
- ^ He handled UK Trade & Investment until Green entered the government.
- ^ Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's was given Maude's responsibilities on an interim basis until Price took up the role in March 2016.[2]
References
edit- ^ BERR - Ministerial TeamArchived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ministerial appointment: Mark Ian Price". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
External links
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