Baroness Sugg CBE

Biography

Baroness Sugg CBE was the Minister for Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from September until November 2020. She was first appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development on 13 February 2020.

Baroness Sugg was also the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education from March to November 2020.

Previously she was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from 23 April 2019 to 13 February 2020, Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) from 15 June 2017 to 26 July 2019 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport from October 2017 to April 2019. Baroness Sugg became a Conservative life peer on 30 August 2016.

Career outside politics

Baroness Sugg previously served as Director of Operations and Campaigns at Downing Street under David Cameron.

She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.

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• We need business to help us get girls learning – and change the world: article by Baroness Sugg
  • 17 November 2020
  • Authored article
• Charities’ chance to double donations as new UK Aid Match round opens
  • 02 November 2020
  • Press release
• New research reveals best investments to tackle learning crisis in vulnerable countries
  • 28 October 2020
  • Press release
• Girls' education: Baroness Sugg's speech at UNESCO’s Global Education Meeting
  • 22 October 2020
  • Speech
• Investing in education and accelerating action on the SDGs
  • 16 July 2020
  • Speech
• Supporting every child's right to quality education
  • 14 July 2020
  • Speech
• UK supports overseas territories in coronavirus (COVID-19) battle
  • 10 June 2020
  • Press release
• New flight from Jamaica to bring home British travellers
  • 29 May 2020
  • Press release
• Charter flights from Caribbean Islands for British travellers to return to the UK
  • 23 May 2020
  • Press release
• UK Armed Forces step up support to the Caribbean Overseas Territories during coronavirus pandemic
  • 19 May 2020
  • Press release

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