The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, or City Minister, is a United Kingdom Government minister in HM Treasury who ranks as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. The position has a wide range of duties related to business, and the financial sector in particular. The first holder of the office was Lord Sasson. He was replaced in January 2013 by Lord Deighton.
The office replaced the Financial Services Secretary in May 2010 as part of the ministerial reorganisation by the Cameron Government. It handled just the financial-services portion of the brief. The only person to have held the office was Lord Myners, who served from October 2008 to May 2010.
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