# Greg Hands appointed as UK junior trade minister
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-10-10
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: British Lawmaker Greg Hands Appointed Minister of State for
Meta Description: British lawmaker Greg Hands has been appointed minister of state for trade, following Conor Burns' suspension. Hands expresses gratitude for the honour.
URL: https://financedigest.com/greg-hands-appointed-as-uk-junior-trade-ministerhtml

![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2022-10-09t222434z2lynxmpei9808hrtroptp4britain-politics-1736815076176-compressed.jpg)

(Reuters) -British lawmaker Greg Hands was appointed minister of state for trade, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

“An honour and a great privilege to be in His Majesty’s Government,” Hands said in a tweet following his appointment.

Hands’ appointment comes after Conor Burns was sacked as a junior trade minister on Friday and suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party following a “complaint of serious misconduct” at its annual conference last week.

Hands was previously the [minister of state at the Department for Business](https://www.financedigest.com/a-uk-covid-lockdown-would-be-wrong-right-now-business-minister-says.html "A UK COVID lockdown would be wrong right now, business minister says"), Energy & Industrial Strategy, a role which he held for over a year.

(Reporting by Baranjot Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Aurora Ellis)


---
This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more.
---