The commercial secretary to the Treasury is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in HM Treasury which usually ranks at parliamentary under-secretary of state level – though during Baroness Neville-Rolfe's tenure, it was of minister of state level. On the resignation of Lord O'Neill of Gatley in September 2016, the office ceased to be in use for three months, but Lord Young of Cookham was named to serve as Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe was appointed as commercial secretary on 21 December 2016; her appointment ended in June 2017.Parliament — Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Accessed 21 June 2017)
List of office holders
Colour key (for political parties):
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Chancellor James SassoonBaron Sassoon May2010 3 January2013 Conservative Cameron Osborne Paul DeightonBaron Deighton 3 January2013 14 May2015 Conservative Jim O'NeillBaron O'Neill of Gatley 14 May2015 23 September2016 Conservative Cameron May (I) Hammond colspan=3 colspan=2 Lucy Neville-RolfeBaroness Neville-Rolfe 21 December2016 13 June2017 Conservative colspan=3 colspan=2 May (II)
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