Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom

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cabinet position government ministerial office

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom was a senior government post responsible for national policy on farming, fisheries, and food supply before its functions were absorbed into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom canonical	2
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial office ⓘ
abolishedIn	2001 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Agriculture ministries ⓘ Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ Fisheries ministries ⓘ Food safety in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
functionsTransferredTo	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1955 ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	handled policy response to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ⓘ handled policy response to the BSE crisis in the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeAbolishedAsPartOf	creation of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOf	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeType	senior ministerial post ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
portfolioIncludes	Common Agricultural Policy implementation in the United Kingdom ⓘ agricultural subsidies in the United Kingdom ⓘ animal health policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ fisheries management in United Kingdom waters ⓘ flood and coastal defence responsibilities related to farmland ⓘ food production policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ plant health policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ⓘ
replacedBy	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor	agricultural policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ fisheries policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ food safety policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ food supply policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ rural affairs policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
seat	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Joseph Godber → positionHeld → Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom ⓘ

John MacGregor → positionHeld → Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → heldPosition → Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries