The DTI Makes Way for BERR

Following changes introduced on 28 June 2007 by
the Prime Minister, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) no longer
exists. He has re-engineered
large parts of government, turning the remains of the DTI, stripped of trade,
into a diminished department instantly dubbed BERR
– Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The main government changes
affecting the department were the removal of the Office of Science and Innovation
to the new Department for
Innovation, Universities and Skills, 
Trade is now a part of
the UK Trade and
Investment department and the arrival of the Better Regulation Executive from
the Cabinet
Office. The areas of responsibilities,
many covered by DTI, are now: Company Law, Trade, Business Growth, Employment Law,
Regional Economic Development, Energy and Consumer Law.

 

From the BERR website:

 

“BERR helps ensure business success in an
increasingly competitive world. It is the voice for business across Government.

 

This website
provides information about BERR’s
priorities and policies. BERR and its
delivery partners also provide a range of practical assistance to business.”

 

 
BERR Ministers:

 

• Secretary of State
  for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
  Reform – The Rt
  Hon. John Hutton, MP
• Minister of State
  for Competitiveness – The Rt
  Hon. Stephen Timms, MP
• Minister of State
  for Trade and Investment – The Rt Hon. The Lord
  Jones of Birmingham (jointly with the Foreign
  & Commonwealth Office)
• Minister of State
  for Energy – Malcolm Wicks, MP
• Minister of State
  for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs – The Rt
  Hon. Pat McFadden, MP
• Minister of State
  for Business and Regulatory Reform – The Rt
  Hon. The Lord Drayson (jointly with MOD)
• Parliamentary
  Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs – Gareth
  Thomas, MP (jointly with DfID)

 

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