Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Energy and Climate)

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • net zero science and innovation, including the Net Zero Strategy
  • energy security, including security of supply and resilience
  • low carbon generation
  • carbon budgets and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme
  • international energy and international climate change, including EU energy and climate
  • green finance
  • electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
  • energy retail markets
  • nuclear, including nuclear supply chains
  • oil and gas
  • hydrogen
  • carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
  • smart systems for energy

Commons lead on:

  • energy efficiency
  • smart meters
  • fuel poverty
  • clean heat

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP

    2022 to 2023