Lord Prior becomes construction minister

Lord Prior of Brampton has been appointed as the new construction minister, the government has announced. 

The former Lehman Brothers associate replaces Jesse Norman MP as the BEIS Minister responsible for Construction as Mr Norman moves to take on the energy brief.

Lord Prior joined the government last month, as parliamentary under secretary. It is reported that his brief within BEIS will cover infrastructure, construction, professional services, rail supply chain and the maritime sector.  

In an era of ever-changing construction ministers, Mr Norman had perhaps the briefest of tenures, lasting less than six months.

In addition to the areas covered by Lord Prior’s current brief, Mr Norman also looked after energy policy, nuclear and oil and gas, including shale gas.

(Courtesy of CIC)