A guide to the Government for BIA members Correct as of 11 June 2017 Following the 8 June General Election result, Prime Minister Theresa May has formed her new government. Before the election and in anticipation of a Conservative landslide victory, there was much speculation that May planned a large ministerial reshuffle. However, such a reshuffle could have posed too much of a political risk after the Conservatives lost their majority in the House of Commons. As a result, most senior ministers have been re-appointed, while junior ministers have been subject to some reshuffling and a few ministers that lost their constituency seat have been replaced. The Conservative government has a confidence and supply deal with the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), meaning the DUP will support the government in key votes, such as on the Queen's Speech and Budgets, as well as Brexit and security matters, which are likely to dominate most of the current Parliament. This gives the government a working majority of 13. This is a briefing for BIA members on the new Government and key ministerial appointments for our sector. It will be updated as information emerges. Contents Ministerial and policy maker positions in the new Government relevant to the life sciences sector....................................................................... 2 Ministerial brief for the Life Sciences .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Theresa May’s team in Number 10 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Ministerial and policy maker positions in the new Government relevant to the life sciences sector* *Please note that this guide only covers ministers and responsibilities pertinent to the life sciences and will be updated as further roles and responsibilities are announced. Department Position Holder Relevant responsibility Holder in previous government Number 10 Prime Minister Theresa May MP Overall-government policy Theresa May MP Director of Policy and TBC Adviser to the Prime Minister on John Godfrey Head of No10 Policy Unit overall Government policy (has now left government) Special Adviser to the Dr James Kent Health policy Dr James Kent Prime Minister: Health and Social Care Special Adviser to the Giles Wilkes Industrial Strategy Neil O’Brien Prime Minister: Industrial (now an MP) Strategy Chief of Staff Gavin Barwell Senior aide to the Prime Minister Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy (both resigned following the general election) Chair of the PM’s Policy George Freeman MP Conservative Party MPs’ input George Freeman MP Board (not a Government into central Government policy role) Cabinet Office First Secretary of State Damian Green MP TBC This role did not exist in previous government HM Treasury Chancellor of the Phillip Hammond MP Overall economic policy Phillip Hammond MP Exchequer Chief Secretary to the Elizabeth Truss MP Public expenditure including David Gauke MP Treasury capital investment; tax credits (now Department for Work and Pensions) BIA member briefing Page 2 Financial Secretary Mel Stride MP Strategic oversight of the UK tax Jane Ellison MP system including direct, indirect, (did not get re-elected) business, property and personal taxation; corporate and small business taxation; European and international tax issues Exchequer Secretary to Andrew Jones MP UK growth and productivity, This role did not exist in the Treasury including Industrial Strategy, previous government Northern Power House and Midlands Engine, promoting UK as a destination for foreign direct investment (non-financial services) and the Patient Capital Review Economic Secretary to the Stephen Barclay MP Financial conduct, including Simon Kirby MP Treasury relationship with the FCA; EU exit (did not get re-elected) financial services; Bank lending and access to finance Business, Energy and Secretary of State for Greg Clark MP Overall business policy Greg Clark MP Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and (BEIS) Industrial Strategy Minister of State for Jo Johnson MP Science, research and innovation; Jo Johnson MP Universities and Science industrial strategy; intellectual (joint with DfE) property Minister of State Claire Perry MP Industrial Strategy and advanced Nick Hurd MP manufacturing (now Home Office) Parliamentary Under Lord Prior Life sciences, industrial strategy, Lord Prior Secretary of State EU single market, Lords lead on all BEIS issues Department of Health Secretary of State for Jeremy Hunt MP Overall health policy Jeremy Hunt MP Health BIA member briefing Page 3 PPS to Jeremy Hunt MP Jo Churchill MP Point of contact for MPs on behalf James Morris MP of Jeremy Hunt MP Parliamentary Under- Lord O’Shaughnessy Life sciences industry, leaving the Lord O’Shaughnessy Secretary of State for EU, R&D, medicines and industry, (R&D was previously Health uptake, academic health science with Nicola Blackwood, centres who did not get re- elected) Department for Exiting Secretary of State for David Davis MP Policy to support Brexit David Davis MP the European Union Exiting the European negotiations and co-ordinating Union across Government Parliamentary Under Robin Walker MP Not officially announced but Robin Walker MP Secretary of State known to work on life sciences Department for Secretary of State for Liam Fox MP Developing, co-ordinating and Liam Fox MP International Trade International Trade delivering a new trade and investment policy to promote UK business across the globe Minister of State for Trade Greg Hands MP Lead on high value export and Greg Hands MP and Investment investment campaigns for healthcare and life sciences Minister of State for Trade Lord Price Lead on Trade Policy Unit Lord Price Policy Parliamentary Under Mark Garnier MP Lead on high value export and Mark Garnier MP Secretary of State investment campaigns for advanced manufacturing and bio- economy Department for Secretary of State for Justine Greening MP Overall education policy Justine Greening MP Education Education Minister of State for Jo Johnson MP Higher education Jo Johnson MP Universities and Science (joint with BEIS) BIA member briefing Page 4 Minister of State TBC, but will either be Apprenticeships, technical Robert Halfon MP Robert Goodwill MP or education and skills (has now left Anne Milton MP government) Ministerial brief for the Life Sciences The responsibilities for the life sciences continues to be split between Health and Business Ministers. Nicola Blackwood, previously Health Minister responsible for life sciences innovation, R&D, genomics and data alongside public health and health protection, did not get re-elected in the General Election. Her remit for these areas has been transferred to Lord O’Shaughnessy. Lord O’Shaughnessy, Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Lord O’Shaughnessy was made a life peer in 2015. Between 2010 and 2011 he worked in No.10 as Director of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron, where he was responsible for co-authoring the Coalition's Programme for Government and overseeing the implementation of the Government's domestic policy programme. He was Director of the Conservative Research Department from 2007 to 2010 and authored the Conservative Party's general election manifesto. In 2013, he founded Floreat Education, a multi-academy trust of 3 primary schools in Wandsworth, Wokingham and Brentford that provides an ‘academics and character’ educational philosophy. He held a number of other education and advisory positions. The BIA has met with Lord O’Shaughnessy both privately and as part of the Ministerial Industry Strategy Group (MISG). He has also been involved in the EU-UK Transition Programme work. BIA member briefing Page 5 Lord Prior – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State An investment banker and Barrister by training, Lord Prior served as MP for North Norfolk from 1997 to 2001 and went on to be deputy chairman and CEO of the Conservative Party. He was also on the Commons Select Committee for Trade and Industry. Lord Prior was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in December 2016. Previously he served at the Department of Health as Minister for NHS Productivity from May 2015. He also joined the House of Lords in May 2015. Prior to that he was chairman of the Care Quality Commission from 2013 to 2015. Lord Prior delivered a keynote speech at the BIA Gala Dinner in January 2017. Similar to Lord O’Shaughnessy, the BIA has engaged with Lord Prior privately, through the MISG and other work related to Brexit. BIA member briefing Page 6 Theresa May’s team in Number 10 Gavin Barwell – Chief of Staff Barwell is replacing Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy as the PM’s Chief of Staff. Barwell served as Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Minister for London at the Department for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 until the General Election, where he did not get re-elected. He served as an MP for Croydon Central between 2010-15 and 2015-17. Before becoming an MP, Barwell worked for the Conservative Party, serving as its Chief Operating Officer between 2003-06. He has also run a consultancy business and served as a Croydon councillor. Barwell read Natural Sciences at Cambridge and became interested in politics through his experiences with the NHS