Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs



Incumbent: Hilary Benn MP Took office: 28 June 2007
Style:	The Right Honourable
Appointed by:	Gordon Brown as Prime Minister
First :	Margaret Beckett
Formation:	(8 June 2001)

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The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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.

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State has three main responsibilities at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

S/he has overall responsibility for all Departmental issues.
S/he represents the UK at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council and at the EU Environment Council.
S/he leads for the UK in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change.

v • d • e Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: Noble House, Smith Square

Ministers	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Minister of State for Farming and the Environment · Minister of State for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Air Quality · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural and Marine Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs

Executive agencies	Animal Health · Central Science Laboratory · Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · Government Decontamination Service · Marine and Fisheries Agency · Rural Payments Agency · Veterinary Laboratories Agency · Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Non-Departmental Public Bodies	British Potato Council · Gangmasters Licensing Authority · Joint Nature Conservation Committee · Commission for Rural Communities · Consumer Council for Water · Meat and Livestock Commission · Natural England · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution · Sustainable Development Commission · Sea Fish Industry Authority

v • d • e Secretaries of State for Environment of the United Kingdom

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

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