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Minister of State for Farming and the Environment Jane Kennedy: 5 October 2008 8 June 2009 Labour: Gordon Brown: Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment Jim Fitzpatrick: 8 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour: Gordon Brown: Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Jim Paice: 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative: David Cameron ...
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.
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.
Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions.In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior ministers.
Ministers of State are junior to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State, but senior to a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Parliamentary Private Secretary.The office is defined in the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 as "...a member of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom who neither has charge of any public department nor holds any other of the offices ...
In June 2017 Zeichner resigned as a Shadow Transport Minister in order to vote in favour of an amendment to the government's 2017 Queen's Speech supporting the UK's membership of the single market, in defiance of the party whip. The amendment, which was defeated by 322 votes to 101, was tabled by former Shadow Cabinet Minister Chuka Umunna. In ...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth was a junior position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. The office was merged with the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs in 2024. [1]
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