Following the 2010 general election as part of the new coalition government Browne was appointed Minister of State with the responsibility for South East Asia & Far East, Caribbean, Central & South America, Australasia & Pacific, human rights, consular, migration, drugs and international crime, public diplomacy and the Olympics at the Foreign Office.
In the government reshuffle of September 2012 he was appointed Minister of State for crime prevention and drug policy in the Home Office.
In the reshuffle of October 2013 he was returned to the back benches.

Browne confirmed that has been approached by senior Tories, such as Grant Shapps, in the hope he might be persuaded to defect to the Conservative Party.
 Interviewed about those who said he was in the wrong party, Browne said: "I'd turn that on its head.
I'd say my ambition for the Lib Dems is to attract the small 'l' liberals in the Conservative and Labour parties.

Browne was the UK Government representative at the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

On 15 October 2014, Browne announced that he would stand down at the next general election.
Following the 2010 general election as part of the new coalition government Browne was appointed Minister of State with the responsibility for South East Asia & Far East, Caribbean, Central & South America, Australasia & Pacific, human rights, consular, migration, drugs and international crime, public diplomacy and the Olympics at the Foreign Office. In the government reshuffle of September 2012 he was appointed Minister of State for crime prevention and drug policy in the Home Office. In the reshuffle of October 2013 he was returned to the back benches.
Browne confirmed that has been approached by senior Tories, such as Grant Shapps, in the hope he might be persuaded to defect to the Conservative Party.  Interviewed about those who said he was in the wrong party, Browne said: "I'd turn that on its head. I'd say my ambition for the Lib Dems is to attract the small 'l' liberals in the Conservative and Labour parties.
Browne was the UK Government representative at the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.
On 15 October 2014, Browne announced that he would stand down at the next general election.
Jeremy Browne