The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the

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, with overall responsibility for the

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

(Defra). The incumbent is a member of the

Cabinet of the United Kingdom The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the prime minister and its members include secretaries of state and other senior ministers. ...

. The office holder works alongside the other Defra ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the

shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding the environment and food and rural affairs; if the opposition party is elected to govern ...

Responsibilities

The secretary of state has two main responsibilities at the

, 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

References

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Responsibilities

List of environment secretaries

See also

References