Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
Style |
Environment Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and the Commonwealth) |
Appointer |
The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 8 June 2001 |
First holder | Margaret Beckett |
Website |
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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, or informally Environment Secretary or DEFRA Secretary, is a United Kingdom Cabinet level position, in charge of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
As of June 2017, the post is held by Michael Gove.
Responsibilities
The Secretary of State has three main responsibilities at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to:
- bear overall responsibility for all Departmental issues.
- represent the United Kingdom at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council, and at the EU Environment Council.
- lobby for the United Kingdom in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change.
List of Environment Secretaries
Secretaries of State for the Environment (1970–1997)
Secretaries of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
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John Prescott MP for Kingston upon Hull East |
2 May 1997 |
8 June 2001 |
Labour | Blair I | [2] |
Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
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Margaret Beckett MP for Derby South |
8 June 2001 |
5 May 2006 |
Labour | Blair II & III |
[3] | ||
David Miliband MP for South Shields |
5 May 2006 |
27 June 2007 |
Labour | [4] | |||
Hilary Benn MP for Leeds Central |
28 June 2007 |
11 May 2010 |
Labour | Brown | [5] | ||
Caroline Spelman MP for Meriden |
12 May 2010 |
4 September 2012 |
Conservative | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) |
[6] | ||
Owen Paterson MP for North Shropshire |
4 September 2012 |
14 July 2014 |
Conservative | [7] | |||
Elizabeth Truss MP for South West Norfolk |
15 July 2014 |
14 July 2016 |
Conservative | [8] | |||
Cameron II | |||||||
Andrea Leadsom MP for South Northamptonshire |
14 July 2016 |
11 June 2017 |
Conservative | May I | [9] | ||
Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath |
11 June 2017 |
Incumbent | Conservative | May II | [10] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Secretary of State for Environment". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lord Prescott". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon David Miliband". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Dame Caroline Spelman MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Michael Gove MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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