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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.
Steven Mark Ward Reed OBE is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North, formerly Croydon North since 2012.
The secretary of state for the environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment (DoE). Today, its responsibilities are carried out by the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs and the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
The Right Honourable Steve Barclay MP Official portrait, 2023 Chair of the Finance Committee Incumbent Assumed office 3 December 2024 Preceded by Sharon Hodgson Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Preceded by Thérèse Coffey Succeeded by Steve Reed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care In ...
New Environment Secretary Steve Reed is to meet all the water companies in England and Wales, as regulator Ofwat is set to reveal how much they will be able to hike bills.
Officials have escalated the matter to the Cabinet Office’s ethics unit, which has discussed it with Steve Barclay, according to the BBC.
The Secretary of State wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister that he saw Defra's mission as enabling a move toward what the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called "one planet living". [ 21 ] Under this overarching aim, Defra has five strategic priorities: [ 22 ]
In 2007, Benn was appointed as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, following the election of Gordon Brown as Party Leader, and the promotion of David Miliband to Foreign Secretary. [40] As Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, he introduced and implemented the UK's Climate Change Act 2008.