Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Asia and the Middle East)

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

  • Middle East
  • East Asia (including Great Britain-China Centre)
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Overseas Territories (including Falkland Islands)
  • British International Investment (BII)
  • economic cooperation and growth
  • science and technology
  • development
  • International Development Strategy and Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations (until publication)
  • migration and de-mining
  • global health
  • COVID-19
  • stakeholder engagement (including Wilton Park and British Council)

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling

    2022 to 2022