Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food
The Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food is a mid-level position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. It is currently held by Victoria Prentis, who took the office on 14 February 2020.
| Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food | |
|---|---|
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| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | defra |
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- Overall lead Minister for the agri-food chain, and lead Minister for the Union and Levelling Up relating to Defra issues
- Lead for Rural Payments Agency, Animal Health Development Board, Fera, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marine Management Organisation and relationship with the Food Standards Agency
- Fisheries
- Farming
- Food
- Trade
- Pesticides
Ministers for Agriculture and Food
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Whitty |  |
12 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy | |
| The Lord Bach |  |
10 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Sustainable Energy | |
| The Lord Rooker |  |
6 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health | |
| Jane Kennedy |  |
5 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Minister of State for Farming and the Environment | |
| Jim Fitzpatrick |  |
8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment | |
| Jim Paice |  |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Minister of State for Agriculture and Food | |
| David Heath |  |
4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Liberal Democrats | Minister of State for Agriculture and Food | |
| George Eustice |  |
8 October 2013 | 28 February 2019 | Conservative | Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[1] | |
| Robert Goodwill |  |
5 March 2019 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| George Eustice | |
25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| Victoria Prentis |  |
14 February 2020 | Incumbent | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food, promoted to the rank of Minister of State in September 2021 | |
References
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (2013–15)
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