Dame Margaret Mary Beckett is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. A member of the Labour Party,she became Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006 and served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tony Blair throughout his tenure. Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994,Beckett briefly served as Leader of the Opposition and Acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994.
The Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom responsible for environmental protection,food production and standards,agriculture,fisheries and rural communities in the entire United Kingdom. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co operation,between it and the Scottish Government,Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive,which have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations.
The secretary of state for the environment was a UK cabinet position,responsible for the Department of the Environment (DoE). Today,its responsibilities are carried out by the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities. The post was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government,the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15 October 1970. Thus it managed a mixed portfolio of issues:housing and planning,local government,public buildings,environmental protection and,initially,transport –James Callaghan gave transport its own department again in 1976. It has been asserted that during the Thatcher government the DoE led the drive towards centralism,and the undermining of local government. Particularly,the concept of 'inner cities policy',often involving centrally negotiated public-private partnerships and centrally appointed development corporations,which moved control of many urban areas to the centre,and away from their,often left-wing,local authorities. The department was based in Marsham Towers,three separate tower blocks built for the separate pre-merger ministries,in Westminster.
The secretary of state for environment,food and rural affairs,also referred to as the environment secretary,is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom,with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician,who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Ed Gallagher is a British scientist. He was a council member of English Nature and chair of the Pesticides Forum which is part of Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). He is a Freeman of the City of London.
Natural England is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs. It is responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment,including its land,flora and fauna,freshwater and marine environments,geology and soils,are protected and improved. It also has a responsibility to help people enjoy,understand and access the natural environment.
Sir Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Goodwill served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State at the Home Office,the Department for Education and the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.
The Department of Agriculture,Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive,the devolved administration for Northern Ireland. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Agriculture,Environment and Rural Affairs. The department was called the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development between 1999 and 2016. The Minister of Agriculture previously existed in the Government of Northern Ireland (1921–1972),where the department was known as the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland or the Ministry of Agriculture. The current Permanent Secretary is Denis McMahon.
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh,is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College,Oxford since 2018. She was previously Director-General of the National Trust from November 2012 to April 2018.
John Derek Taylor,Baron Taylor of Holbeach,is a British Conservative politician and former Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords.
St Joseph's Catholic College was a Roman Catholic Girls' school situated in Manningham,close to Bradford city centre in West Yorkshire,England. The school merged with St. Bede's Grammar School in September 2014 to form St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College.
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Menzies Campbell from 2006 to 2007.
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Vince Cable,who was acting leader between 15 October and 18 December 2007,following the resignation of Menzies Campbell and prior to the election of Nick Clegg.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is the regulator for the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom. It is an independent statutory corporation whose costs are met by charging fees to the nuclear industry. The ONR reports to the Department for Work and Pensions,although it also worked closely with the now-defunct Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Dame Ursula Brennan is a retired British civil servant and a former Permanent Secretary at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice where she was also the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.
Dame Clare Moriarty DCB is the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice and former British civil servant,who served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs between 2015 and 2019 and as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) from March 2019 until January 2020. In November 2017,she was appointed the first civil service “faith and belief”champion,to represent all faiths and beliefs and promote interfaith dialogue. After leaving the Civil Service when DExEU was closed,she took up a new role as chief executive of Citizens Advice in April 2021.
Louise Heathwaite is a British environmental scientist. She is Distinguished Professor in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise. She is a hydrochemist working on diffuse environmental pollution,especially the pathways of nitrogen and phosphorus loss from agricultural land to water.
Tamara Margaret Finkelstein is a British civil servant who is currently the permanent secretary at the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.
Heather Jane Hancock is a former civil servant who has held numerous positions related to North Yorkshire. Since 1 October 2020,she has been Master of St John's College,Cambridge.
