Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change link; (UK Shadow Cabinet)
	Post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet.

UK Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Secretary originally helped hold the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on energy and "climate change" issues for their party. The post currently holds the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to account in Parliament.

A previous Official Opposition post of Shadow Secretary of State for Energy existed until the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 1992. In 2008, the Department for Energy and Climate Change was split from the DTI's successor department, effectively reviving the former department and the need for an Opposition shadow.

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