Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg

Elizabeth Grace Sugg, Baroness Sugg CBE (born 2 May 1977) is a British politician, life peer and former political adviser. 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.

The Right Honourable The Baroness Sugg CBE
Sugg in 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development[1]
In office 23 April 2019 – 25 November 2020
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Lord Bates
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation
In office 27 October 2017 – 23 April 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Lord Callanan
Succeeded by	The Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip
In office 11 June 2017 – 27 October 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Baroness Buscombe
Succeeded by	The Baroness Stedman-Scott
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 2016 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	2 May 1977
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Newcastle University

Education and career

Sugg graduated from Newcastle University.

She served as Head of Operations at 10 Downing Street under the premiership of David Cameron. 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.[2] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] From 23 April 2019 until the February 2020 reshuffle she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development.[6] 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.[6]

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.[7]

References

1. Sustainable Development (2019–February 2020)
   Jointly with Department for International Development (2019–September 2020)
2. "Elizabeth Sugg". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
3. "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17615.
4. "No. 61694". The London Gazette. 5 September 2016. p. 18840.
5. "Ministerial appointments: 27 October 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
6. "Baroness Sugg CBE - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
7. "Liz Sugg resigns as sustainable development minister over cut to aid spending". The Guardian. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.