Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
Biography
Peter Kyle was appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade on 5 September 2025. He was previously Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from 5 July 2024 to 5 September 2025.
He was elected as the MP for Hove and Portslade in July 2024.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for Business and Trade. Responsibilities include:
- overall responsibility for delivery and strategy
- cross-government business engagement
- public appointments
- FTA negotiations, mandates, and decisions
- WTO, G7, and G20 ministerial meetings
- overseas network
Department for Business and Trade and UK Defence and Security Exports