Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility)

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• small business and enterprise (including access to finance)
• consumer and competition (including competition law)
• labour markets
• corporate governance
• insolvency
• postal affairs
• retail sector

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Kelly Tolhurst MP

   2018 to 2020

2. Andrew Griffiths

   2018 to 2018

3. Margot James

   2016 to 2018

Announcements

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• Naming employers who fail to pay minimum wage to be resumed under revamped rules
  • 11 February 2020
  • Press release
• Government appoints new interim Small Business Commissioner
  • 27 January 2020
  • Press release
• £56 million to boost business productivity
  • 05 November 2019
  • Press release
• Banks pledge their support to SMEs through Brexit and beyond in new Charter
  • 09 October 2019
  • Press release
• Ministers and banks to support small and medium businesses (SMEs) to seize Brexit opportunities
  • 05 September 2019
  • Press release
• Pregnant women and new parents to get enhanced redundancy protections
  • 22 July 2019
  • Press release
• Crack down on misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the workplace
  • 21 July 2019
  • Press release
• Whirlpool accepts need for recall following government intervention
  • 10 July 2019
  • Press release
• FTSE 350 urged to keep up the pace to meet women on boards target
  • 01 July 2019
  • Press release
• Broad new measures to ensure small businesses get paid on time
  • 19 June 2019
  • Press release

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