Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports,[1] previously the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports, is a junior position in the Department for Business and Trade of the Government of the United Kingdom.[2]

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports
Incumbent
Gareth Thomas
since 9 July 2024
Department for Business and Trade
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
FormationJuly 2016
First holderMark Garnier
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-exports

Responsibilities

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The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas:[3]

  • Export policy and promotion, including the export strategy
  • UK Export Finance (UKEF)
  • UK Defence and Security Exports
  • climate change and COP26
  • GREAT campaign
  • trade missions
  • global events
  • investment policy in the House of Commons

Officeholders

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative

Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. Secretary of State
Mark Garnier   15 July 2016 9 January 2018 Conservative Theresa May Liam Fox
Graham Stuart   9 January 2018 16 September 2021 Conservative
Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Mike Freer   16 September 2021 6 July 2022 Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Andrew Griffith   8 July 2022 7 September 2022 Conservative
Marcus Fysh   20 September 2022 27 October 2022 Conservative Liz Truss Kemi Badenoch
Andrew Bowie   28 October 2022 7 February 2023 Conservative Rishi Sunak
The Lord Offord of Garvel   24 April 2023 5 July 2024 Conservative
Gareth Thomas   9 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Keir Starmer Jonathan Reynolds

References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Exports) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.