The Lord Bethell | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation | |
| In office 9 March 2020 – 17 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Kamall |
| Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 24 July 2019 – 9 March 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Younger of Leckie |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Penn |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as an elected hereditary peer 19 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Lord Glentoran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Nicholas Bethell 1 October 1967 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Alma mater | University 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.