The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend[1] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was retitled in June 2018: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, both of whom are members of cabinet.[2]

List of office holders

The current Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise is Ivan McKee.

Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism

Name Portrait Entered Office Left Office Party First Minister
Jim Mather 17 May 2007 20 May 2011 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism

Fergus Ewing 20 May 2011 18 May 2016 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy

Paul Wheelhouse 18 May 2016 27 June 2018 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills

Jamie Hepburn 27 June 2018 20 May 2021 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise

Ivan McKee 20 May 2021 29 March 2023 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

History

From 1999 to 2007, enterprise and energy were the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. The Second McConnell government from 2003 to 2007 instituted Tourism as a portfolio, combined with Culture and Sport, as the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election created the junior post of Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism by combining the roles. In November 2014 his post became the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, as part of the first Sturgeon government. The post was retitled as Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy as part of the second Sturgeon government, and renamed again in June 2018 to Business, Fair Work and Skills.[2] Upon the creation of the Third Sturgeon Government, the post was once more retitled as Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
  2. 1 2 "Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills". Scottish Government. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.


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