The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for International Trade in September 2022. Previously, he was Minister of State for Northern Ireland between September 2021 and September 2022.

Between July 2019 and May 202, he was Minister of State for Trade Policy. Elected to the House of Commons in 2010, he has held a number of PPS positions in the Northern Ireland Office (2010-12), Treasury and BEIS. He served as PPS to the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary between 2017-18.