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Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs
British government minister
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The Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs[1] is a mid-level position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. The incumbent is Angela Eagle.
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StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe King
on advice of the Prime Minister
on advice of the Prime Minister
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | |
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| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The King on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His 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 | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy | ||||||
| The Lord Whitty |  |
12 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| The Lord Bach |  |
10 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | ||
| Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health | ||||||
| The Lord Rooker |  |
6 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | ||
| Minister of State for Farming and the Environment | ||||||
| Jane Kennedy |  |
5 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment | ||||||
| Jim Fitzpatrick |  |
8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Minister of State for Agriculture and Food | ||||||
| Jim Paice |  |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| David Heath |  |
4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | ||||||
| George Eustice | .jpg) |
8 October 2013 | 8 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | ||||||
| George Eustice |  |
8 May 2015 | 28 February 2019 | Conservative | ||
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | ||||||
| Robert Goodwill |  |
5 March 2019 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May | |
| George Eustice |  |
25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | ||||||
| Victoria Prentis |  |
14 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | ||||||
| Victoria Prentis | |
16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Minister of State for Food | ||||||
| Mark Spencer | .jpg) |
7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |
| Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries | ||||||
| Mark Spencer | |
25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
| Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | ||||||
| Daniel Zeichner |  |
5 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 | Labour | Keir Starmer | |
| Angela Eagle | .jpg) |
6 September 2025 | Incumbent | Labour | ||