Ministerial role

Minister of State for Transport

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Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

  • cycling and walking policy
  • electric and autonomous vehicles
  • Future of Mobility
  • Highways England and strategic roads
  • international vehicle standards
  • light rail
  • local roads policy and funding
  • Major Roads Network
  • motoring agencies
  • road freight
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport and the environment
  • transport technology (including digital)

Current role holder: Jesse Norman MP

Jesse Norman MP was appointed Minister of State for the Department for Transport on 12 November 2018. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport from June 2017 to 9 November 2018. He was elected as the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire in May 2010.

Education

Jesse studied at Oxford University (BA) and University College London (MPhil, PhD).

Political career

Jesse was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 18 July 2016 until 14 June 2017. During the 2010 to 2015 Parliament Jesse was a member of the Treasury Select Committee and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Employee Ownership. In June 2015 he was elected Chair of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

Jesse was awarded Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year and The House Backbencher of the Year in 2012.

Career outside politics

Before entering politics Jesse was a Director at Barclays, researched and taught philosophy at University College London, and ran a charitable project in Communist Eastern Europe.

His books and pamphlets include ‘The achievement of Michael Oakeshott’, ‘After Euclid’, ‘Compassionate conservatism’ and ‘The big society’. His book ‘Edmund Burke: politician, philosopher, prophet’ was listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Political Book Awards and the George Orwell Prize. He has also written regularly for the national press.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. Jo Johnson MP

    • 2018 to 2018

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  1. Government funded electric car chargepoints to be smart by July 2019

    • News story

  2. THINK! Campaign urges young men to stop their friends drink-driving

    • News story

  3. Secretary of State for Transport meets leaders from the haulage and logistics sector

    • News story

  4. Commercial vehicle operators using old tyres to face investigations

    • News story

  5. Roads update: 23 November 2018

    • Statement to Parliament

  6. Bold new measures to keep people safe on the roads

    • News story

  7. Government’s response to the Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy: safety review

    • Statement to Parliament

  8. Hazard perception test now features more weather conditions

    • News story

  9. Crossrail update

    • Statement to Parliament

  10. Innovative ideas to transform UK rail in line to bid for millions in government grants

    • News story
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