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The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a Secretary of State in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The incumbent Secretary of State is Ed Miliband of the Labour Party.
History
On 7 February 2023, a government reshuffle meant that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was split up into separate departments. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero took on the energy portfolio and policy functions from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Grant Shapps was appointed the first Secretary of State for the department, having previously been the last holder of the office of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2022 to 2023. The department was tasked by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, with "securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation".
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See also
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – ministerial position from 2008 to 2016.
Minister of State for Energy
References
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- Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Claire Coutinho
- Great British Energy
- Ed Miliband
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Net-zero emissions