{"id":72895,"date":"2016-08-01T08:31:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T08:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f89a72917b1df19505448b149bef9a00"},"modified":"2016-08-01T08:31:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T08:31:18","slug":"news-story-new-ministerial-portfolios-confirmed-at-department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72895","title":{"rendered":"News story: New ministerial portfolios confirmed at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following the creation of the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (<abbr title=\"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy\">BEIS<\/abbr>) and the appointment of Rt Hon Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State, the full list of ministerial responsibilities within the department has now been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The new ministerial portfolios reflect the key priorities for the department to develop a comprehensive industrial strategy; continuing to ensure the UK remains at the cutting-edge of science, research and innovation; tackling climate change; and ensuring affordable, clean and secure energy supply for the UK.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/li>\n<li>Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry<\/li>\n<li>Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (joint minister with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\">Department for Education<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property<\/li>\n<li>Margot James MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers, and Corporate Responsibility<\/li>\n<li>Jesse Norman MP, Minister for Industry and Energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am thrilled to have been appointed to lead this new department charged with delivering a comprehensive industrial strategy, leading government\u2019s relationship with business, furthering our world-class science base, delivering affordable, clean energy and tackling climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019m supported by a great ministerial team and we will work tirelessly to deliver on all of these areas, which are vital for the future success of our country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The work of the new department brings together responsibilities for industrial strategy, energy, business, consumers, employees, science, innovation, research, and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the department is responsible for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>developing and delivering a comprehensive industrial strategy and leading the government\u2019s relationship with business<\/li>\n<li>ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean<\/li>\n<li>ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation<\/li>\n<li>tackling climate change<\/li>\n<li>promoting competitive markets and consumer interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full list of ministerial responsibilities in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has now been confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}