Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food

Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Victoria Prentis since 14 February 2020
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 Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	defra.gov.uk

The Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food is a mid-level position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the British government. It is currently held by Victoria Prentis, who took the office on 14 February 2020.

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	Notes
	The Lord Whitty		12 June 2001	10 May 2005	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy
	The Lord Bach		10 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Sustainable Energy
	The Lord Rooker		6 May 2006	3 October 2008	Labour	Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health
	Jane Kennedy		5 October 2008	8 June 2009	Labour	Minister of State for Farming and the Environment
	Jim Fitzpatrick		8 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment
	Jim Paice		13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
	David Heath		4 September 2012	7 October 2013	Liberal Democrats	Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
	George Eustice		8 October 2013	28 February 2019	Conservative	Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[1]
	Robert Goodwill		5 March 2019	25 July 2019	Conservative	Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
	George Eustice		25 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
	Victoria Prentis		14 February 2020	Incumbent	Conservative	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food, promoted to the rank of Minister of State in September 2021

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