Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Cabinet position Ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the UK government cabinet minister responsible for national policy on environmental protection, agriculture, food, and rural communities.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs canonical	11
Secretary of State for the Environment	5
Environment Secretary	4
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary	2
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom	1
Secretary of State for the Environment (UK)	1
Secretary of State responsible for environment, food and rural affairs	1
UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cabinet position ⓘ Ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Merger of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with parts of Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions ⓘ
formationYear	2001 ⓘ
headOf	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ
isResponsibleForLegislationArea	agricultural law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ food standards (shared with other departments) ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom (for reserved matters)
memberOf	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
nativeLabel	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-link ⓘ
oversees	Animal and Plant Health Agency ⓘ Environment Agency (England) ⓘ surface form: Environment Agency Marine Management Organisation ⓘ Natural England ⓘ Rural Payments Agency ⓘ
partOf	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
policyGoal	protection of the natural environment ⓘ support for farming and food production ⓘ support for rural communities and economies ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ⓘ Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment
reportsTo	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor	agriculture policy ⓘ air quality policy (domestic) ⓘ animal health and welfare policy ⓘ climate change adaptation policy (domestic) ⓘ environmental protection policy ⓘ environmental regulation framework ⓘ fisheries policy (for the UK or as reserved) ⓘ flood and coastal erosion risk management policy ⓘ food policy ⓘ food security policy ⓘ natural environment and biodiversity policy ⓘ rural affairs policy ⓘ rural economy and rural communities ⓘ sustainable farming and land management policy ⓘ waste and recycling policy ⓘ water resources and water quality policy ⓘ
seat	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
shortName	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Environment Secretary
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
worksWith	devolved administrations on agriculture and environment matters ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs → accountableTo → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Natural England → subordinateTo → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero → worksWith → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs → shortName → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment Secretary

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs → predecessorOffice → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs → nativeLabel → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs self-link ⓘ

Chris Patten → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment (UK)

Michael Howard → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

Michael Heseltine → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

Kenneth Baker → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

the Cabinet → hasPart → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom

this entity surface form: Environment Secretary

Veterinary Medicines Regulations → administeredBy → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State responsible for environment, food and rural affairs

RPA → supervisingAuthority → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

subject surface form: Rural Payments Agency

Secretary of State → hasType → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

British Civil Service ministerial hierarchy → includesOffice → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment Secretary

Michael Gove → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Andrea Leadsom → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

UK government minister → mayHoldRank → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment Secretary

David Miliband → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Cabinet committees on economic affairs → hasMember → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary

British Secretaries of State → officeHolderOf → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Liz Truss → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Steve Barclay → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom

Environment Act 1995 → transferredFunctionsFrom → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Environment

Environment Act 2021 → grantsPowersTo → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

Second Cameron ministry → includedOffice → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary