As of 13 October 2011, the portfolios for the Defra ministerial team are:
Secretary of State, Caroline Spelman MP
Overall responsibility for departmental policy; particular interest in CAP reform, biodiversity and climate change
Strategy, budget and finances
Legislative programme
Emergencies
EU and international relations
Environment Agency
Natural England
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Jim Paice MP
Farming
Food
Animal health (including endemic and exotic diseases)
Responsibility and cost-sharing
Welfare of farm animals
Single Payments Scheme
RDPE
Forestry (including Forestry Commission)
Agriculture and forestry carbon budgets
Hunting and shooting
Agricultural wages
Gangmasters licensing
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS)
Better regulation
Deputising for the Secretary of State at EU Agriculture Council
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries, Richard Benyon MP
Natural environment
Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
National parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty
Wildlife
JNCC
Flooding and water (including Nitrates)
Inland waterways (including British Waterways)
Land management (including commons and contaminated land) and soil
Rural affairs
Coastal erosion
Marine and Coastal Access Act implementation
Marine Management Organisation
Coastal and wider access, countryside and rights of way
Marine Environment
Fisheries, including CFP
EU Fisheries Council
Departmental administration
Apprenticeships
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Environmental regulation
Air quality
Local environmental quality, including noise
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
GMOs
Nanotechnology
Chemicals and pesticides
Local and regional government
Localism and third sector
Climate change – adaptation
Climate change – Defra’s interest in mitigation and overall carbon budgets lead
Sustainable development
Sustainable consumption and production
Biofuels
Welfare of companion and wild animals
Dangerous dogs
Bee health
Plant health
Kew Gardens
Science, evidence and research
Waste and recycling
Global monitoring of environmental security (GMES)
All departmental business in the Lords
Deputising for the Secretary of State at EU Environment Council
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