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Overall lead Minister for the agri-food chain, and lead Minister for the Union and Levelling Up relating to Defra issues Lead for Rural Payments Agency, Animal Health Development Board, Fera, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marine Management Organisation and relationship with the Food Standards Agency
The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Defra ministers are as follows, with cabinet members in bold: [7] On 8 and 9 July 2024, the appointments of Daniel Zeichner as Minister of State [8] and Emma Hardy MP and [9] and Baroness Hayman of Ullock [10] as Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State was announced, but initially without details of specific portfolios within Defra.
Steven Mark Ward Reed OBE is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North, formerly Croydon North since 2012.
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (joint with Justice) Minister of State for Countering Extremism (joint with GEO) Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities (joint with Communities) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability
In January 2020, Zeichner was appointed as a Shadow Farming and Agriculture Minister in the Shadow Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) team. [23] [24] He supported Keir Starmer in the 2020 leadership election. [25]
Following the Conservatives' return with an outright majority at the 2015 general election, Stewart was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities including the natural environment, national parks, floods and water, resource and environmental management ...
The Right Honourable Steve Barclay MP Official portrait, 2023 Chair of the Finance Committee Incumbent Assumed office 3 December 2024 Preceded by Sharon Hodgson Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Preceded by Thérèse Coffey Succeeded by Steve Reed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care In ...