Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Sugg
CBE
Sugg in 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development[a][b]
In office
23 April 2019 – 25 November 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byThe Lord Bates
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation
In office
27 October 2017 – 23 April 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Callanan
Succeeded byThe Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 June 2017 – 27 October 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Baroness Buscombe
Succeeded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
11 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 47)
Political partyConservative
Alma materNewcastle University

Elizabeth Grace Sugg, Baroness Sugg CBE (born 2 May 1977) is a British politician, life peer and political adviser. She currently serves as an advisor to Foreign Secretary David Cameron. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development between February and November 2020.

Education and career

Sugg grew up and went to school in Surrey attending Epsom College.[1] She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Politics and Economics.[2] Her mother, Deborah Sugg, worked for many years as parliamentary assistant to the prominent Conservative MP, Kenneth Clarke.

After working in Brussels as a press secretary for the Conservative MEPs, Sugg served as Head of Operations at 10 Downing Street under the premiership of David Cameron.[citation needed] She led the preparation of key international meetings hosted by the UK such as the G7 Summit in Lough Erne in 2013 and the NATO Summit 2014 in Wales.[3] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.[4]

She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Sugg, of Coldharbour in the London Borough of Lambeth, on 30 August 2016.[5]

Sugg was a government whip as a Baroness-in-Waiting from June to October 2017. She was then appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation at the Department for Transport on 27 October 2017, replacing Lord Callanan.[6] From 23 April 2019 until the February 2020 reshuffle she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development.[7] She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development on 13 February 2020, and Special Envoy for Girls' Education on 5 March 2020.[7]

On 25 November 2020 she resigned from her ministerial role at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office following the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, that the overseas aid budget would be reduced.[8]

On the appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary, she became a Special Adviser to him.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Sustainable Development (2019–February 2020)
  2. ^ Jointly with Department for International Development (2019–September 2020)

References

  1. ^ "Lord Rosebery Lecture from Baroness Sugg".
  2. ^ "Speaker: Baroness Sugg". International Transport Forum / OECD. 2018.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Sugg". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17615.
  5. ^ "No. 61694". The London Gazette. 5 September 2016. p. 18840.
  6. ^ "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Baroness Sugg CBE - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Liz Sugg resigns as sustainable development minister over cut to aid spending". The Guardian. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "David Cameron's foreign policy record rated". POLITICO. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.