Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the list of (a) members of and (b) advisers to the Board of Trade.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The list of Advisers to the Board of Trade is available on GOV.UK. The President of the Board of Trade is my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade.
The advisers are:
Deputy President, Marcus Fysh MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Secretary of State for Wales
Minister for Trade Policy
Minister for Investment
Minister for Exports
Minister for International Trade
The Hon Tony Abbott AC
Karen Betts
Anne Boden MBE
Daniel Hannan
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt
Emma Howard Boyd
Michael Liebreich
Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Russell
Dr Linda Yueh
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what criteria she uses in the appointment of (a) members of and (c) advisers to the Board of Trade.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Permanent members of the UK Board of Trade have to be members of the Privy Council. The President of the Board of Trade is my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade.
Advisers to the UK Board of Trade are appointed through the Direct Ministerial Appointment process, following Cabinet Office Propriety & Ethics guidelines. This means that individuals are appointed at the discretion of the Secretary of State. The roles are taken on a voluntary basis and are not remunerated.