Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment

The Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate, and Environment is a mid-level position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government.

Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
StyleMinister
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerThe King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The office was known as Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific under Mark Field[1] and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific from Henry Bellingham to Alok Sharma and under Heather Wheeler.[2] The office was known as Minister of State for Asia under Nigel Adams and Amanda Milling and later Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East when it was held by Milling.[3][4][5]

Responsibilities

The minister's responsibilities include:[6][7]

  • North East Asia and China
  • South East Asia
  • Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
  • Energy, climate and environment
  • Global health
  • Commonwealth
  • British Overseas Territories

List
Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. F.Sec.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
Role formed out of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia
Henry Bellingham 14 May 2010 5 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Hague
Mark Simmonds 5 September 2012 11 August 2014 Conservative Cameron Hague
James Duddridge 11 August 2014 15 July 2015 Conservative Cameron Hague
Grant Shapps 15 July 2015 26 October 2015 Conservative Cameron Hammond
James Duddridge 26 October 2015 17 July 2016 Conservative Cameron Hammond
Alok Sharma 17 July 2016 13 June 2017 Conservative May Johnson
Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific
Mark Field 13 June 2017 25 July 2019[lower-alpha 1] Conservative May
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
Heather Wheeler 26 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson Raab
Minister of State for Asia
Nigel Adams 13 February 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative Johnson Raab
Amanda Milling 16 September 2021 8 February 2022 Conservative Johnson Truss
Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East
Amanda Milling 8 February 2022 7 September 2022 Conservative Johnson Truss
Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park 22 September 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Truss Cleverly
Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park 25 October 2022 30 June 2023 Conservative Sunak Cleverly

Notes
  1. Suspended from 21 June 2019

References
  1. "Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Asia and the Pacific)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. "The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. "Minister of State (Minister for Asia)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  5. "Minister of State (Minister for Asia and the Middle East)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. This article contains OGL licensed text This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Minister of State (Minister for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  7. "Minister of State (Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

See also
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