Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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United Kingdom Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Arms of Her Majesty's Government
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | Elizabeth II |
Inaugural holder | Margaret Beckett |
Formation | 8 June 2001 |
Website | ww2.defra.gov.uk/ |
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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 UK at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council and at the EU Environment Council.
- lobby for the UK in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change.
Secretaries of State
Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997) |
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Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
Peter Walker | 15 October 1970 | 5 November 1972 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
Geoffrey Rippon | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||||
Anthony Crosland | 5 March 1974 | 8 April 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
Peter Shore | 8 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | |||
Michael Heseltine | 5 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Tom King | 6 January 1983 | 11 June 1983 | Conservative | ||||
Patrick Jenkin | 11 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | ||||
Kenneth Baker | 2 September 1985 | 21 May 1986 | Conservative | ||||
Nicholas Ridley | 21 May 1986 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | ||||
Chris Patten | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | ||||
Michael Heseltine | 28 November 1990 | 11 April 1992 | Conservative | John Major | |||
Michael Howard | 11 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | ||||
John Gummer | 27 May 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||||
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001) |
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Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
John Prescott | 2 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Ministers of State responsible for the Environment:
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present) |
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Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
Margaret Beckett | 60px | 8 June 2001 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
David Miliband | 5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
Hilary Benn | 60px | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
Caroline Spelman | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
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Owen Paterson | 4 September 2012 | 14 July 2014 | Conservative | ||||
Elizabeth Truss | 15 July 2014 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||||
David Cameron (II) |
See also
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