James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell

The Lord Bethell
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation
In office
9 March 2020 – 17 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Succeeded byThe Lord Kamall
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
24 July 2019 – 9 March 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Viscount Younger of Leckie
Succeeded byThe Baroness Penn
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
19 July 2018
Preceded byThe 3rd Lord Glentoran
Personal details
Born
James Nicholas Bethell

(1967-10-01) 1 October 1967 (age 57)
Political partyConservative
EducationHarrow School
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh

James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (born 1 October 1967) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care and was involved in negotiating various controversial contracts.

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