The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also referred to as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, fourth in the ministerial ranking.
The Government of the United Kingdom is divided up into departments. These, according to the government, are responsible for putting government policy into practice. There are currently 23 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments and 413 agencies and other public bodies.
Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.
A permanent under-secretary of state, known informally as a permanent secretary, is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices, often employing different terms, exist in many other Westminster-style systems and in some other governments. In the United States, the equivalent position is a Deputy Secretary of an executive department, though British permanent secretaries are career civil servants.
North Shropshire is a constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Owen Paterson, a Conservative. Paterson resigned his seat on 5 November 2021, when faced with the possibility of a suspension from the Commons for a breach of advocacy rules and the consequent possibility of a recall petition. As a result, a by-election will take place on the 16th December 2021.
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Baron Benyon is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2005 to 2019. He is currently a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Benyon had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after voting against the government, and sat as an independent MP until he had the whip restored on 28 October 2019.
James Philip Duddridge is a British politician and former banker who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East since 2005.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, formerly Minister of State for Europe, is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of affairs with Europe, the European Union and NATO. The Minister can also be responsible for government policy towards the Americas; European security; defence and international security; the Falkland Islands; polar regions; migration; protocol; human resources; OSCE and Council of Europe; relations with Parliament; British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus; and FCO finance, knowledge and technology.
David Henry Rutley is a British Conservative politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield since 2010.
John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble is a British politician. He is a life peer, and has served as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords since May 2021.
Rebecca Faye Clark, known as Rebecca Pow, is a British Conservative Party politician, currently serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane.
Robert Alexander Courts is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport since 2020.
The Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) is a scientific body which seeks to advise United Kingdom government policy as part of the response to outbreaks of COVID-19, such as on testing deployment, international travel, and the UK 'COVID-19 alert level'. Its existence was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in May 2020. The body has been part of the UK Health Security Agency since the establishment of that agency on 1 April 2021.
A Minister of State is a mid-tier Minister of the Crown in the UK government.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts is a junior role in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It is currently held by Tom Pursglove MP who took the office on 17 September 2021. The minister assists the Minister of State for Immigration.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans is a junior position in the Ministry of Defence in the British government. It is currently held by Leo Docherty, who took the office on 20 April 2021.
The Minister for Rural Affairs is a junior position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. It is currently held by Lord Benyon, who took the office on 13 May 2021.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of Government of Maharashtra to coordinate all skill development,Employment and entrepreneurship efforts in Maharashtra.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health is a position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the Government of the United Kingdom. The minister is responsible for COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom. The role has sometimes been known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Minister of State for Public Health.
