New Housing Minister - Alok Sharma MP

Alok Sharma was appointed Minister of State for the CLG on 13 June 2017. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 17 July 2016 to 13 June 2017. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Reading West in May 2010. Elected in 2010 for Reading West, Alok has served as a member of the Commons Treasury select committee, a member of the Commons Science and Technology select committee, a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Treasury and from 2012 to 2015 as a Conservative Party Vice Chairman. Prior to entering Parliament, Alok qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte, and then worked for 16 years within banking, Read more on the Gov.uk website.