James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell

The Lord Bethell
Official portrait, 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation
In office
9 March 2020 – 17 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Succeeded byThe Lord Kamall
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
24 July 2019 – 9 March 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Viscount Younger of Leckie
Succeeded byThe Baroness Penn
Member of the House of Lords
Elected Hereditary Peer
18 July 2018
By-election18 July 2018
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Glentoran
Personal details
BornJames Nicholas Bethell
(1967-10-01) 1 October 1967
PartyConservative
EducationHarrow School
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
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James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (born 1 October 1967) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care and was involved in negotiating various controversial contracts.