Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation |
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First holder | Peter Walker (as Secretary of State for the Environment) |
Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
Website | ww2 |
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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.
The office holder works alongside the other
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
Timeline of environment secretaries
References
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