parliamentary secretary

noun

1. (in Britain) a Member of Parliament appointed, usually as a junior minister, to assist a Minister of the Crown with departmental responsibilities

Example Sentences

Along with his role as member of parliament, Mr Fergus, 54, served as parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president and to the health minister.

From BBC

But he said he has experience as parliamentary secretary on the justice file.

From Reuters

In May, when asked about the government's timescale for change, Maria Caulfield, Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy, said: "We expect the removal of the additional financial burden faced by female same-sex couples when accessing IVF treatment to take effect during 2023."

From BBC

Since then, she has served as the president’s parliamentary secretary and as a nonjudicial member of the High Council of Justice of Georgia, a role she quit under pressure after she first launched a political movement, which last year became a party.

From New York Times

"The chancellor must finally come clean about his role in the tax affair," Thorsten Frei, the CDU/CSU parliamentary secretary, was quoted as saying by Rheinische Post newspaper.

From Reuters