Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets)
Organisations:
Department for Business and Trade
Current role holder:
Justin Madders MP
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- employment rights
- regulation
- consumer protection
- competition policy
- subsidy control
- corporate governance
- Smart Data
- audit
- insolvency
- postal services (including Royal Mail)
- corporate minister (SR/Business)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is responsible for the following public bodies:
- Low Pay Commission
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)
- Companies House
- Competition and Markets Authority
- The Insolvency Service
- Competition Service
- Competition Appeal Tribunal
- Central Arbitration Committee
- Certification Officer
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- Groceries Code Adjudicator
- Pubs Code Adjudicator
- British Hallmarking Council
- Financial Reporting Council
- Regulatory Policy Committee
Current role holder
Justin Madders MP
Justin Madders 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 Ellesmere Port and Bromborough in July 2024.