Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports
Organisations:
Department for Business and Trade
Current role holder:
Gareth Thomas MP
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- local growth
- small businesses
- Post Office
- scale-ups
- retail and hospitality
- Professional and Business Services
- access to finance
- Ukraine reconstruction
- export strategy
- export support service
- outward direct investment
- trade missions, shows and campaigns
- Osaka Expo
- UK Export Finance (UKEF)
- trade envoys
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is responsible for the following public bodies:
- Post Office
- British Business Bank
- Small Business Commissioner
Current role holder
Gareth Thomas MP
Gareth Thomas was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade on 9 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Harrow West in July 2024.