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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 Daniel Zeichner.

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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

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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 Tony Blair
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 David Cameron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Eustice 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 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 Incumbent Labour Keir Starmer
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