Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets is a ministerial position in the Department for Business and Trade in the British Government. It is currently held by Justin Madders

United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Justin Madders since 9 July 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure

The position was previously housed within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Responsibilities

As of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio:

• small business and enterprise
• scale up strategy
• access to finance
• labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage)
• postal services (including Royal Mail)
• consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control)
• mutual recognition of professional qualifications
• Office for Product Safety and Standards
• levelling up and regional growth
• corporate governance and transparency
• audit and insolvency
• hospitality
• retail
• consumer goods
• personal care
• Post Office Limited
• British Business Bank
• Low Pay Commission
• ACAS
• Small Business Commissioner
• Companies House
• Competition & Markets Authority
• Competition Service
• The Insolvency Service
• Competition Appeal Tribunal
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Certification Officer
• Office of Manpower Economics
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Groceries Code Adjudicator
• Pub Code Adjudicator
• British Hallmarking Council
• Financial Reporting Council
• Regulatory Policy Committee

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
	Mark Prisk MP for Hertford and Stortford		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative		David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition
	Michael Fallon MP for Sevenoaks		4 September 2012	15 July 2014	Conservative		David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition
	Matt Hancock MP for West Suffolk		15 July 2014	11 May 2015	Conservative		David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise
	Anna Soubry MP for Broxtowe		11 May 2015	15 July 2016	Conservative		David Cameron Second Cameron ministry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
	Margot James MP for Stourbridge		17 July 2016	9 January 2018	Conservative		Theresa May First May ministry Second May ministry
	Andrew Griffiths MP for Burton		9 January 2018	13 July 2018	Conservative		Theresa May Second May ministry
	Kelly Tolhurst MP for Rochester and Strood		19 July 2018	13 February 2020	Conservative		Theresa May Second May ministry Boris Johnson First Johnson ministry Second Johnson ministry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
	Paul Scully MP for Sutton and Cheam		13 February 2020	8 July 2022	Conservative		Boris Johnson Second Johnson ministry
	Jane Hunt MP for Loughborough		8 July 2022	8 September 2022	Conservative		Boris Johnson (Caretaker government)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets
	Dean Russell MP for Watford		20 September 2022	27 October 2022	Conservative		Liz Truss
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
	Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton		27 October 2022	26 March 2024	Conservative		Rishi Sunak
Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
	Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton		26 March 2024	5 July 2024	Conservative		Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
	Justin Madders MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough		9 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour		Keir Starmer