Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding)
Organisations:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Current role holder:
Emma Hardy MP
Responsibilities
Emma is responsible for:
- floods and emergencies
- water
- clean air and noise
- environmental regulation (including chemicals, contaminated land and Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH))
- pesticides
- Net Zero, climate change and adaptation
- domestic and international marine
- lead for Environment Agency
- lead for Consumer Council for Water
Current role holder
Emma Hardy MP
Emma Hardy was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice in July 2024.