Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
(Redirected from Minister of State for Business and Enterprise)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets[1] is a ministerial position in the Department for Business and Trade in the British Government. It is currently held by Justin Madders
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | |
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since 9 July 2024 | |
Department for Business and Trade | |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
The position was previously housed within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Responsibilities
editAs of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio:
- small business and enterprise
- scale up strategy
- access to finance
- labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage)
- postal services (including Royal Mail)
- consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control)
- mutual recognition of professional qualifications
- Office for Product Safety and Standards
- levelling up and regional growth
- corporate governance and transparency
- audit and insolvency
- hospitality
- retail
- consumer goods
- personal care
- Post Office Limited
- British Business Bank
- Low Pay Commission
- ACAS
- Small Business Commissioner
- Companies House
- Competition & Markets Authority
- Competition Service
- The Insolvency Service
- Competition Appeal Tribunal
- Central Arbitration Committee
- Certification Officer
- Office of Manpower Economics
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- Groceries Code Adjudicator
- Pub Code Adjudicator
- British Hallmarking Council
- Financial Reporting Council
- Regulatory Policy Committee
List of ministers
editName | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Minister of State for Business and Enterprise | ||||||||
Mark Prisk MP for Hertford and Stortford |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
Michael Fallon MP for Sevenoaks |
4 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
Matt Hancock MP for West Suffolk |
15 July 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise | ||||||||
Anna Soubry MP for Broxtowe |
11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility | ||||||||
Margot James MP for Stourbridge |
17 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||||
Andrew Griffiths MP for Burton |
9 January 2018 | 13 July 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||||
Kelly Tolhurst MP for Rochester and Strood |
19 July 2018 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets | ||||||||
Paul Scully MP for Sutton and Cheam |
13 February 2020 | 8 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||||
Jane Hunt MP for Loughborough |
8 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets | ||||||||
Dean Russell MP for Watford |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business | ||||||||
Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton |
27 October 2022 | 26 March 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||||
Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business | ||||||||
Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton |
26 March 2024 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | ||||||||
Justin Madders MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough |
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
References
edit- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-25.