Minister of State

George Eustice MP

George Eustice MP

Biography

George Eustice was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on 25 July 2019.

He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) from 11 May 2015 to 28 February 2019. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth in 2010.

Political career

George served on the EFRA Select Committee from 2010.

Career outside politics

Coming from a farming background, his family still run a fruit farm, restaurant and farm shop in Cornwall where they also have a herd of South Devon cattle and the country’s oldest herd of the rare breed of pig, the British Lop. The family have shown a keen interest in educating children about farming and have opened their farm to 3000 schoolchildren a year.

Previous roles in government

  1. Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

    • 2015 to 2019

  2. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment

    • 2013 to 2015

Announcements

  1. £2.5 million extra funding for farmers working together on environmental projects
    • News story
  2. Information on bTB (Kimblewick Hunt)
    • FOI release
  3. Countryside Stewardship opens for applications in 2019
    • Press release
  4. UK and Faroe Islands sign trade continuity agreement
    • News story
  5. New government guidance encourages pesticides industry to prepare for EU exit
    • Press release
  6. Government to help farmers tackle air pollution in new clean air strategy
    • Press release
  7. Japan opens market to British beef and lamb
    • News story
  8. Japan opens market to British lamb and beef
    • Press release
  9. December deal delivers for UK fleet and fish stocks
    • Press release
  10. New incentives for farmers to strengthen biosecurity on bovine TB
    • Press release
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