Baroness Kramer appointed new minister responsible for low carbon transport issues at DfT

Thu 10 October 2013 View all news

Baroness Susan Kramer, a Liberal Democrat Peer, has been appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport in the Government reshuffle. Baroness Kramer takes over from Norman Baker with responsibility for environment and issues including future transport. 

Baroness Kramer was the Liberal Democrat Candidate for Mayor of London in 2000 and a Board Member of Transport for London from 2000 to 2005.

She was formerly MP for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010 and, while an MP, was a Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 2006 to 2007 and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport during 2007.

Outside politics, Baroness Kramer began her career in finance and became a Vice-President of Citibank in Chicago. She and her husband then set up Infrastructure Capital Partners, a firm which advised on infrastructure projects, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.

In her new role as Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer has responsibility for future transport (including OLEV); natural environment (including biofuels); local connectivity (including smart ticketing, buses, taxis, light rail and trams) as well as rail and a range of other issues (see DfT website for more details).

Robert Goodwill, Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport in the Government reshuffle. Mr Goodwill takes responsibility for freight and logistics (including lorry road user charging); road safety and standards; cycling as well as some rail and other issues. (See DfT website.)

Mr Goodwill was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 1999, serving in Brussels and Strasbourg until 2004. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. After spending 18 months as a member of the Transport Select Committee, he was appointed a whip by David Cameron in 2006 and promoted to the post of shadow roads minister in the transport team in 2007. He was re-elected at the 2010 general election and appointed to the Government as a Whip with responsibility for Treasury and DEFRA business.

Norman Baker, who had been a transport minister for more than three years - and has taken part in several LowCVP events - has been promoted to Minister of State in the Home Office.

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