Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature)
Organisations:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Current role holder:
Mary Creagh CBE MP
Responsibilities
Mary is responsible for:
- circular economy
- planning and land use framework
- domestic biodiversity
- tree planting and forestry
- international nature and wildlife
- environmental targets and EIP
- Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme
- green finance
- Protected Landscapes (National Landscapes and National Parks)
- lead for Office for Environmental Protection
- lead for Natural England
- lead for Forestry Commission
- lead for Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- lead for Kew
Current role holder
Mary Creagh CBE MP
Mary Creagh was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 18 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Coventry East in July 2024.