Bryant, who is MP for Rhondda and Ogmore in Wales, becomes minister for creative industries, arts and tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), with his ministerial brief also encompassing libraries, museums and cultural property, cultural diplomacy and soft power, and heritage.
Travel's pleas for dedicated ministerial representation fall on deaf ears – for now
Government
James Chapple
29 July 2024
Chris Bryant has been named minister for tourism but will also take on another five ministerial portfolios, confirming there will be no dedicated minister for either travel or tourism under the new Labour government.
Bryant (centre left) with culture secretary Lisa Nandy (centre right) (Credit: parliament.uk)
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