Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding
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| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth | |
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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 His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | defra |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding is a junior position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government.
Responsibilities
[edit]The Minister's responsibilities include:
- floods and emergencies
- water
- clean air and noise
- environmental regulation (including chemicals, contaminated land and Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH))
- pesticides
- Net Zero, climate change and adaptation
- domestic and international marine
- lead for Environment Agency
- lead for Consumer Council for Water
Ministers
[edit]| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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| Minister of State for Rural Affairs | ||||||
| Alun Michael |  |
11 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biodiversity, Landscape and Rural Affairs | ||||||
| Jim Knight |  |
6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Barry Gardiner |  |
5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Environment | ||||||
| Joan Ruddock |  |
2 July 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Dan Norris | .jpg) |
5 June 2009[1] | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs | ||||||
| Richard Benyon | .jpg) |
6 June 2010 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management | ||||||
| Dan Rogerson |  |
7 October 2013 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron | |
| Rory Stewart | .jpg) |
12 May 2015 | 13 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity | ||||||
| The Lord Gardiner of Kimble |  |
13 July 2016 | 10 May 2021 | Conservative | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs, Access to Nature and Biosecurity | ||||||
| The Lord Benyon |  |
13 May 2021 | 20 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs | ||||||
| Scott Mann |  |
20 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | |
| Minister of State for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs | ||||||
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30 October 2022 | 14 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth | ||||||
| Robbie Moore |  |
14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding | ||||||
| Emma Hardy |  |
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Dan Norris MP (Minister for Rural Affairs and Environment)". Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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