Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation)

Current role holder: Blair McDougall MP

Responsibilities

His portfolio includes:

  • Industrial Strategy implementation
  • Industrial Strategy Council
  • entrepreneurs and small businesses  
  • scale-ups  
  • access to finance  
  • regulation  
  • corporate governance  
  • insolvency   
  • Post Office 
  • postal services  

Public bodies:

  • British Business Bank  
  • Companies House  
  • The Insolvency Service  
  • Financial Reporting Council  
  • Regulatory Policy Committee  
  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies  
  • Small Business Commissioner   
  • Post Office

Current role holder

Blair McDougall MP

Blair McDougall was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade on 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for East Renfrewshire in July 2024.

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