Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the succesor to the positions of Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment.

There has been only one Secretary of State, Margaret Beckett, who has held this position since 2001.