Commercial Secretary to the Treasury explained

Post:United Kingdom
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Insignia:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniacaption:Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Department:HM Treasury
Appointer:The Monarch
Appointer Qualified:(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Inaugural:The Lord Sassoon
Formation:11 May 2010
Abolished:13 June 2017
Website:HM Treasury

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in HM Treasury which usually ranks at Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State level - though during Baroness Neville-Rolfe’s tenure, it was of Minister of State level.[1] On the resignation of Lord O'Neill of Gatley in September 2016, the office ceased to be in use for three months, but Lord Young of Cookham was named to serve as Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords.[2] The Baroness Neville-Rolfe was appointed as Commercial Secretary on 21 December 2016;[3] her appointment ended in June 2017.[4]

List of office holders

Colour key (for political parties):

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPrime MinisterChancellor
James Sassoon
The Lord Sassoon
May
2010
3 January
2013
ConservativeCameron
Osborne
Paul Deighton
The Lord Deighton
3 January
2013
14 May
2015
Conservative
Jim O'Neill
The Lord O'Neill of Gatley
14 May
2015
23 September
2016
ConservativeCameron
May (I)Hammond
Lucy Neville-Rolfe
The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
21 December
2016
13 June
2017
Conservative
May (II)

Notes and References

  1. News: Her Majesty's Government . 19 May 2010 . number10.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100517223253/http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 . 17 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Resignation of Lord O'Neill and PM response. 10 Downing Street. 23 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016. 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. 27 December 2016.
  4. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-neville-rolfe/4284 Parliament — Baroness Neville-Rolfe