New ministerial portfolios confirmed at Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy
Following the creation of
the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the
appointment of Rt Hon Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State, the full list of
ministerial responsibilities within the department has now been confirmed.
Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy
Greg Clark leads
the Department's work across all areas, which brings together responsibilities
for business, industrial strategy, science, innovation and energy.
This includes:
- developing and delivering a comprehensive industrial
strategy and leading the government’s relationship with business
- ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies
that are reliable, affordable and clean
- ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science,
research and innovation
- tackling climate change
Read more about Greg Clark
Read Greg Clark's speech at the Royal Society last week here.
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Nick Hurd
Minister of
State for Climate Change and Industry
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Nick Hurd's brief at
BEIS includes:
Climate Change
- international climate change, including International
Climate Fund
- climate science and innovation
- green economy, including the Green Investment Bank
Industry and Enterprise
(with Margot James and Jesse Norman)
- advanced manufacturing
- materials
- automotive
Read more about Nick Hurd
Jo Johnson
Minister of
State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
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Jo Johnson leads
on:
Higher Education
Science and Research
- life sciences
- agri-tech industrial strategy
Innovation
Jo Johnson is also a
Minister of State in the Department for Education.
Read more about Jo Johnson
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property
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Baroness
Neville-Rolfe's brief at BEIS includes:
Energy (with Jesse Norman)
- nuclear
- oil and gas, including shale gas
- low carbon generation
- security of supply
- electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
- energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
- smart meters and smart systems
- international energy
Intellectual property
Baroness Neville-Rolfe also
leads on the EU single market and is the Lords lead on all BEIS issues
Read more about
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Margot James
Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate
Responsibility
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Margot James supports Nick Hurd on:
- small business (including the Small Business
Commissioner, Groceries Code Adjudicator, Pubs Code Adjudicator)
- enterprise and British Business Bank
- retail sector
- consumer and competition (including energy retail
markets, competition law and Companies House)
- deregulation and regulatory reform
- labour markets including trade union and employment law
- corporate governance
- local growth
- Insolvency service
- Land Registry
- Ordnance Survey
- postal affairs
- Royal Mail
- EU structural funds
- national minimum wage
Read more about Margot James
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Jesse Norman
Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Minister for Industry and Energy
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Jesse Norman supports
Nick Hurd on industrial policy including:
- technology
- infrastructure/construction
- aerospace
- professional services
- rail supply chain
Jesse Norman also
supports Baroness Neville-Rolfe on energy policy particularly focusing on:
- nuclear
- oil and gas, including shale gas
Read more about Jesse Norman
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