Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation)
Blair McDougall MP
Biography
Blair McDougall was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade on 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for East Renfrewshire in July 2024.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation)
His portfolio includes:
- Industrial Strategy implementation
- Industrial Strategy Council
- entrepreneurs and small businesses
- scale-ups
- access to finance
- cooperatives and non-financial mutuals
- regulation
- corporate governance
- insolvency
- Post Office
- postal services
Public bodies:
- British Business Bank Â
- Companies House Â
- The Insolvency Service Â
- Financial Reporting Council Â
- Regulatory Policy Committee Â
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies Â
- Small Business Commissioner  Â
- Post Office