The Minister of State for International Environment is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is currently vacant since October 2022.
Minister of State for International Environment | |
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Incumbent since 25 October 2022Vacant | |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 2019 |
First holder | The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park |
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- International environment, climate, biodiversity and conservation
- Animal Welfare
- Forestry policy – domestic and international
- International Whaling Commission
- International ocean (including ocean and climate, marine biodiversity (including overseas territories marine biodiversity), marine litter and blue finance)
- Illegal wildlife trade, Corridors, Kaza
- Green recovery
- International green finance
- Lead for Forestry Commission
- Lords Minister for environment, including Environment Bill
List of ministers
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | ||||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and International Development | ||||||||
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | ![]() |
13 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | |||
Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment | ||||||||
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | ![]() |
13 February 2020 | 15 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment | ||||||||
The Lord Benyon | ![]() |
20 September 2022 | 31 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss |