Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE
Biography
Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Space, Cyber and Regulatory Reform) jointly in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on 23 July 2026 and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) on 22 July 2026.
She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) between 11 September 2025 and 22 July 2026. Before that, she was both Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) between 11 September 2025 and 12 June 2026.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Space, Cyber and Regulatory Reform)
The minister is responsible for:
- space
- Regulatory Innovation Office
- regulation
- corporate governance
- insolvency
- One Platform One Login
- tech standards
- Smart Data
- science and innovation Lords legislation
Public bodies:
- Companies House
- The Insolvency Service
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- Financial Reporting Council
DCMS portfolio:
- cyber – national and government spectrum negotiations (with Ian Murray)
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport