Lucy Frazer

Lucy Claire Frazer KC (born 17 May 1972) is a British politician and barrister who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from February 2023 to July 2024.

[9][10] Before entering politics, Frazer worked as a barrister in commercial law in London, practising in South Square Chambers, Gray's Inn;[11] she was appointed Queen's Counsel at the age of 40.

[16][17] Frazer put forward a Private Member's Bill to Parliament for making upskirting an offence in England and Wales; this attained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019.

Frazer was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in January 2018, before being promoted Solicitor General for England and Wales in May 2019.

[21] In November 2021, the Liberal Democrat MP, Sarah Olney, claimed that Frazer had a conflict of interest because of a contract held by her husband's company to supply temporary staff to government departments and that six of these workers had been employed using a "controversial tax-avoidance scheme".

[27] Following the 2023 local elections, Frazer appeared on the BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme saying her party needs to "reflect" upon the poor results.

UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer chairs a summit of 36 nations to discuss Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation in the Paris Olympics 2024 with an address from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , 10 February 2022. This is despite the fact she was not DCMS Secretary at the time.