Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Incumbent Andrea Leadsom since 14 July 2016
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Style	The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Environment Secretary
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Margaret Beckett
Formation	8 June 2001
Website	ww2.defra.gov.uk/

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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, or informally Environment Secretary is a UK 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.

The post is currently held by Andrea Leadsom.

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

Name		Term of office		Political party
As Secretary of State for the Environment
	Peter Walker	15 October 1970	5 November 1972	Conservative	Heath
	Geoffrey Rippon	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Heath
	Anthony Crosland	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	Wilson
	Peter Shore	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Callaghan
	Michael Heseltine	5 May 1979	6 January 1983	Conservative	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	Major
	Michael Howard	11 April 1992	27 May 1993	Conservative
	John Gummer	27 May 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative
As Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
	John Prescott	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Blair
	John Prescott	Ministers of State responsible for the Environment: Michael Meacher (1997–2001) Richard Caborn (1997–99) Nick Raynsford (1999–2001)			Blair
As Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Margaret Beckett	8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair
	David Miliband	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour	Blair
	Hilary Benn	28 June 2007	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown
	Caroline Spelman	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	Cameron (Coalition)
	Owen Paterson	4 September 2012	14 July 2014	Conservative
	Elizabeth Truss	15 July 2014	14 July 2016	Conservative
	Elizabeth Truss	15 July 2014	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron (II)
	Andrea Leadsom	14 July 2016	Incumbent	Conservative	May

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: Nobel House, Smith Square

Ministers	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural and Marine Environment Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs

Executive agencies	Animal and Plant Health Agency Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Rural Payments Agency Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Non-departmental public bodies	Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Consumer Council for Water Environment Agency Joint Nature Conservation Committee Marine Management Organisation National Forest Company Natural England Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Sea Fish Industry Authority

Secretaries of State for Environment

Secretaries of State for Environment	Peter Walker Geoffrey Rippon Anthony Crosland Peter Shore Michael Heseltine Tom King Patrick Jenkin Kenneth Baker Nicholas Ridley Chris Patten Michael Heseltine Michael Howard John Gummer

Secretaries of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions	John Prescott

Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Margaret Beckett David Miliband Hilary Benn Caroline Spelman Owen Paterson Elizabeth Truss Andrea Leadsom

Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Great Offices of State	Prime Minister/First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer/Second Lord of the Treasury Foreign and Commonwealth Home

Other Cabinet posts	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Lords Lord President of the Council Lord Privy Seal Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Exiting the European Union Health International Development International Trade/President of the Board of Trade Lord Chancellor/Secretary of State for Justice Northern Ireland Scotland Transport Wales Work and Pensions

Also attend Cabinet	Attorney General Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip Minister for the Cabinet Office/Paymaster General

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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Responsibilities

Secretaries of State

See also