Department for Business and Trade written statement – made at on 3 April 2025.
Jonathan Reynolds
Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade
The planned statement will be delivered orally today by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
