Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy

The Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy was 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.

United Kingdom Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Vacant since 5th July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Style	Minister
Reports to	Foreign Secretary Environment Secretary
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official 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]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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		Lord Cameron	Hague
	Mark Simmonds		5 September 2012	11 August 2014	Conservative		Lord Cameron	Hague
	James Duddridge		11 August 2014	15 July 2015	Conservative		Lord Cameron	Hague
	Grant Shapps		15 July 2015	26 October 2015	Conservative		Lord Cameron	Hammond
	James Duddridge		26 October 2015	17 July 2016	Conservative		Lord 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[a]	Conservative		May	Johnson Hunt
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

Notes

1. Suspended from 21 June 2019