Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Industry)

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• advanced manufacturing (including aerospace, Made Smarter, defence)
• OneWeb
• automotive (including Office for Zero Emission Vehicles)
• infrastructure and materials (including steel, energy-intensive industries, chemicals, construction)
• industrial decarbonisation
• professional and business services
• retail, consumer goods and personal care 
• hospitality, weddings and nightclubs
• economic shocks
• supply chains
• levelling up / regional growth 
• skills

Previous holders of this role

1. Lee Rowley

   2021 to 2022

Announcements

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• UK’s first Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre to help build a more resilient economy
  • 04 July 2022
  • Press release
• £50 million data innovation hub for manufacturers to accelerate digital tech
  • 18 May 2022
  • Press release
• Minister for Industry addresses the Make UK National Manufacturing conference
  • 04 May 2022
  • Speech
• High energy usage businesses to benefit from further government support
  • 29 April 2022
  • Press release
• Final Steel Procurement Taskforce sets out recommendations to support continued competitiveness of UK steel sector
  • 22 February 2022
  • Press release
• Government to look at ways new high-tech materials could advance UK industry
  • 10 February 2022
  • Press release
• Business Secretary opens latest meeting of the Critical Minerals Expert Committee
  • 28 January 2022
  • News story

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