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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

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.

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The office holder works alongside the other Defra ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs.

Responsibilities

The secretary of state has two main responsibilities at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to:

  • bear overall responsibility for all departmental issues.
  • lobby for the United Kingdom in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change.

List of environment secretaries

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Timeline of environment secretaries

Steve BarclayThérèse CoffeyRanil JayawardenaGeorge EusticeTheresa VilliersMichael GoveAndrea LeadsomLiz TrussOwen PatersonCaroline SpelmanHilary BennDavid MilibandMargaret BeckettJohn PrescottJohn GummerMichael HowardChris PattenNicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of LiddesdaleKenneth Baker, Baron Baker of DorkingPatrick JenkinTom King, Baron King of BridgwaterMichael HeseltinePeter ShoreAnthony CroslandGeoffrey RipponPeter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

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