Minister of State (Minister for Development) and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP
Biography
Anneliese Dodds was appointed Minister for Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister for Women and Equalities at the Department for Education on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Oxford East in June 2017.
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Minister of State (Minister for Development)
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- education, gender and equality
- development and open societies
- humanitarian and migration
- international finance
- British Investment Partnerships
- global health
- conflict, stabilisation and mediation
- energy, climate and the environment
- research and evidence
The minister also attends cabinet.
Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- the overall framework
- legislation including on women, disability, LGBT+ and race
- policy on women, LGBT+ and race
- sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- equality data and analysis
- international work on women, LGBT+ and race
The minister also attends cabinet.
Department for Education, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, and Women and Equalities Unit