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The Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend^[1] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was retitled in June 2018: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, both of whom are members of cabinet.^[2]

The Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills has specific responsibility for:^[2]

Business, industry and manufacturing
Employment policy
Labour market strategy, the living wage, and fair work
Employability programmes
Youth employment (including implementation of the Wood Commission recommendations)
Women's employment
Bankruptcy and Accountant in Bankruptcy (Scottish government agency)
Regional economic forums
Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE)
Non-advanced vocational skills
Skills Development Scotland (Scotland's national skills agency)

List of office holders

The current Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills is Jamie Hepburn.^[2]

Name		Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism
Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish National Party\|	Jim Mather	17 May 2007	20 May 2011	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond
Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism
Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish National Party\|	Fergus Ewing	20 May 2011	18 May 2016	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy
Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish National Party\|	Paul Wheelhouse	18 May 2016	27 June 2018	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills
Template:Scottish politics/party colours/Scottish National Party\|	Jamie Hepburn	27 June 2018	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon

History

From 1999 to 2007, enterprise and energy were the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. The Second McConnell government from 2003 to 2007 instituted Tourism as a portfolio, combined with Culture and Sport, as the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 Scottish Parliament election created the junior post of Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism by combining the roles. In November 2014 his post became the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, as part of the first Sturgeon government. The post was retitled as Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy as part of the second Sturgeon government, and renamed again in June 2018 to Business, Fair Work and Skills.^[2]

References

^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills". Scottish Government. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.

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Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy on Scottish Government website

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