Ministerial role

Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Intellectual Property Office

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

  • energy (with the Minister for Industry and Energy)
    • 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
    • energy security, including resilience and emergency planning
  • intellectual property
  • EU single market
  • Lords lead on all BEIS issues

Previous holders of this role

  1. Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG

    2016 to 2016