Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development)

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

  • Overseas Territories (except Falklands and Gibraltar) and Polar Regions
  • Caribbean
  • children, youth and education (including girls’ education)
  • gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights
  • inclusive societies (LGBT, civil society, disability, ageing, social protection, Leave No One Behind)
  • global partnerships and Sustainable Development Goals
  • departmental operations: finance and Protocol

Previous holders of this role

  1. Baroness Sugg CBE

    2020 to 2020