On 30 January 2008, the Secretary of State announced new ministerial responsibilities within the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), following the recent re-shuffle. Shriti Vadera has now been appointed as Minister for Business and Competitiveness and so will take over the responsibilities of Stephen Timms (who has moved to the Department for Work and Pensions) and Lord Drayson (formerly) Minister of State for Business and Regulatory Reform (see Legal update, BERR publishes new ministerial responsibilities). She will, therefore, be responsible for competitiveness, enterprise, growth and business investment, overview of relationships with business, Business Council for Britain, Business Environment Unit, Better Regulation Executive, better regulation within BERR, business support simplification, business sectors and general oversight of the Shareholder Executive and its portfolios.