Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (
Defra) is the
United Kingdom government department responsible for
environmental protection, food production and standards,
agriculture and various other rural industries, such as
fisheries. The department was created in
2001 after the failure of its predecessor, the
Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to deal with an outbreak of
Foot and Mouth disease.
Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as of 21 August 2003
Departmental agencies
- Central Science Laboratory headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Farming, Food and Sustainable Energy)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Forest Enterprise (England) headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Forest Enterprise (Scotland) headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Forest Enterprise (Wales) headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Forestry Research headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Pesticides Safety Directorate headed by the Minister of State (Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality)
- Rural Payments Agency headed by the Minister of State (Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality)
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate headed by the Parliamentary Secretary (Nature Conservation and Fisheries)
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