Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature
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Incumbent
Mary Creagh
since 18 July 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
StatusIncumbent
Reports to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
NominatorSecretary of State
Appointer The King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation2018
First holder David Rutley
Website https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--278

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature, formerly the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Land Use, is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The incumbent holder is Member of Parliament (MP) Mary Creagh.

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History

Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment

Conservative MP David Rutley was the first holder of the position, being appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment on 22 May 2018 in the second May ministry. [1] He briefly served in the position until 19 July 2018, and then the position was vacant for the rest of May's premiership. [2]

Following the resignation of Amber Rudd as Work and Pensions Secretary, Thérèse Coffey was appointed to succeed her. [3] Rebecca Pow was appointed to succeed Coffey under Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 10 September 2019, but with the portfolio for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment and thus the position was held once more. [4] [5]

Pow served in the position in both the first Johnson ministry and second Johnson ministry before she resigned during the July 2022 government crisis. [6] Steve Double was appointed as her successor on 8 July 2022, serving until the formation of the Truss ministry. [7]

Natural Environment and Land Use

Trudy Harrison was appointed the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Land Use on 28 October 2022 in the Sunak ministry, having previously held the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment under Liz Truss. [8] She resigned from the position in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle. [9]

Nature

Pow returned to the position in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature under Rishi Sunak, serving until the 2024 general election. [10] [5]

After the defeat of the Conservative party in the 2024 general election, Labour MP Mary Creagh was appointed to the position under Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [11] [12] [13]

Responsibilities

Current

List of ministers

NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical party P.M. E.Sec.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment
David Rutley Official portrait of David Rutley crop 2.jpg 22 May 201819 July 2018 Conservative May Gove
Rebecca Pow Official portrait of Rebecca Pow crop 2.jpg 10 September 2019 7 July 2022 Johnson Villiers
Eustice
Steve Double Official portrait of Steve Double crop 2.jpg 8 July 20228 September 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Land Use
Trudy Harrison Official portrait of Trudy Harrison crop 2.jpg 28 October 202213 November 2023 Conservative Sunak Coffey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature
Rebecca Pow Official portrait of Rebecca Pow crop 2.jpg 14 November 20235 July 2024 Conservative Sunak Barclay
Mary Creagh Official portrait of Mary Creagh MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 18 July 2024Incumbent Labour Starmer Reed

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