Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889. In 1903, an Act was passed to transfer to the new styled Board of Agriculture and Fisheries certain powers and duties relating to the fishing industry, and the post was renamed President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
| United Kingdom Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| Type | Minister of the Crown |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 9 September 1889 |
| First holder | Peter Walker |
| Final holder | Margaret Beckett |
| Abolished | 27 March 2002 |
In 1919, it was renamed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1954, the separate position of Minister of Food was merged into the post and it was renamed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
On 8 June 2001, the Ministry merged with Secretary of State for the Environment into the office of Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. However, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was not formally abolished until The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) came into force on 27 March 2002.
Until the Dissolution Order also made the necessary amendments to the law when it did come into force, many statutory functions were still vested in the holder of the office of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, rather in the Secretary of State at large. For that reason, in a final twist, Margaret Beckett had to be appointed formally as the last Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as becoming the first Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[citation needed]
List of Agriculture Ministers and Board Presidents
editPresidents of the Board of Agriculture (1889–1903)
editPost created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889.[1]
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Right Honourable Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) |
9 September 1889 |
11 August 1892 |
Conservative | Salisbury II | ||
| The Right Honourable Herbert Gardner MP for Saffron Walden (1846–1921) |
25 August 1892 |
21 June 1895 |
Liberal | Gladstone IV | ||
| Rosebery | ||||||
| The Right Honourable Walter Long MP for Liverpool West Derby (1854–1924) |
4 July 1895 |
16 November 1900 |
Conservative | Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.) | ||
| The Right Honourable Robert William Hanbury MP for Preston (1845–1903) |
16 November 1900 |
28 April 1903 |
Conservative | |||
| Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.) | ||||||
Presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903–1919)
editBoard of Agriculture superseded by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1903.
Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, (1919–1954)
editMinisters of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1954–2001)
editFrom 2002 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was dissolved and ministerial responsibility formerly transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Notes
edit- ^ Sanders lost his seat at the 1923 general election.
Citations
edit- ^ Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 and 53 Vict c 30)
- ^ a b Cook, Chris; Keith, Brendan (1975). British Historical Facts 1830–1900. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 52.
- ^ a b c Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (1994). British Political Facts 1900–1994. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. pp. 53–54.
- ^ "Mr Derick Heathcoat-Amory". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Mr John Hare". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Mr Christopher Soames". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Peart". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Mr Cledwyn Hughes". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord Prior". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Mr Joseph Godber". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon John Silkin". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "The Lord Walker of Worcester". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord Jopling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord Deben". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Baroness Shephard of Northwold". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Viscount Hailsham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lord Cunningham of Felling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.