Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Organisations: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilties include:

  • Post Office and postal policy
  • employment relations including Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
  • consumer policy and consumer affairs
  • competition policy
  • corporate governance
  • company law
  • social enterprise
  • Insolvency Service, including company investigations
  • BIS better regulation and efficiency and reform agenda

Previous holders of this role

  1. Jo Swinson

    2014 to 2015

  2. Jenny Willott

    2013 to 2014

  3. Jo Swinson

    2012 to 2013

  4. The Rt Hon Norman Lamb

    2012 to 2012

  5. The Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey MP

    2010 to 2012