Don appointed Junior Minister at the Department of Communities and Local Government

Don Foster, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

As Junior Minister, Don assumes the following portfolio responsibilities:

• Integration and Race Equality
• Localism, Decentralisation and Community Rights
• Building Regulations
• Housing (supporting Mark Prisk)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Don will be joining a Department that includes Eric Pickles MP, Baroness Warsi, Mark Prisk MP, Nick Boles MP, Brandon Lewis MP and Baroness Hanham CBE.

Upon joining the Government, Don relinquishes his position as Co-Chair of the Lib Dem back bench committee for Culture, Media and Sport.

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