Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister)
Responsibilities
Baroness Hayman is responsible for:
- biosecurity and plant health
- borders
- Northern Ireland – Windsor Framework
- animal welfare
- One Health
- access (including rights of way and coastal paths)
- lead for Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- lead for Animal and Plant Health Agency
Current role holder
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Baroness Hayman of Ullock was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9 July 2024, with responsibility for biosecurity and animal welfare.
She was previously shadow spokesperson for Defra in the Lords between October 2020 and July 2024, as well as Shadow Spokesperson for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government from December 2021 to October 2023.
In the Commons, Baroness Hayman served as shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019. She was elected as MP for Workington in 2015, where she was the first female MP to represent a constituency in Cumbria.
Baroness Hayman was raised to the Peerage in July 2020.