More blurred responsibilities at DBERR

Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) has outlined the responsibilities of his ministerial team. So who is now responsible for electronics, technology and competitiveness?

Overall responsibility for the Department: Stephen Carter, minister for communications, technology and broadcasting (jointly with DCMS).

Responsible for communications and content industries, electronics and IT services, creative industries, better regulation executive, including regulatory budgets and better regulation within BERR: Shriti Vadera, minister for competitiveness and small business (jointly with cabinet office).

Responsible for competitiveness, enterprise, growth and business investment, small business, business council for Britain and general oversight of shareholder executive and its portfolios: Pat McFadden MP, minister for employment relations and postal affairs.

Responsible for employment relations, ACAS, postal policy and the Royal Mail and post office portfolio of the shareholder executive, the insolvency service (including companies investigations), strengthening regional economies, olympic legacy and transformational government: Gareth Thomas MP, minister for trade, investment and consumer affairs (jointly with DfID- international development).

Responsible for trade policy (a shared BERR/DfID responsibility), UK Trade & Investment (reporting jointly to the business secretary and the foreign secretary), EU competitiveness and the single market, services directive, consumer affairs and competition issues: Ian Pearson MP, economic and business minister (jointly with HMT-Treasury). For more information, addthis_pub = 'anilshah';

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