Press release

New Environment Secretary, Minister of State, Parliamentary Under Secretary appointed

The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP has been confirmed as the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 September 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP has been confirmed as the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

David Heath MP has been appointed Minister of State at Defra.

Lord de Mauley has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Published 4 September 2012