| Post: | Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy |
| Style: | Minister |
| Appointer: | The King |
| Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Nominator: | Prime Minister |
| Incumbentsince: | 5th July 2024 |
| Incumbent: | Vacant |
| Department: | |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
| Reports To: | Foreign Secretary Environment Secretary |
The Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy is a mid-level position in His Majesty's Government based in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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]
When held by The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the office was known as Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment between September and October 2022 and Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment from October 2022 to June 2023.
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific | |||||||||
| 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 | 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 | ||||
| Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy | |||||||||
| The Lord Benyon | 14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Lord Cameron | ||||