Minister of State (Minister for Pacific and the Environment)
The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith
Biography
The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park was appointed as Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 13 February 2020.
He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and at the Department for International Development from 10 September 2019 to 13 February 2020 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and at the Department for International Development on 27 July 2019 and 10 September 2019.
Minister of State (Minister for Pacific and the Environment)
The Minister’s responsibilities include:
- climate change, environment and conservation, biodiversity
- oceans
- Oceania
- Blue Belt
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Previous roles in government
Announcements
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- Lucy’s Law: Vets reveal the true cost of puppy and kitten farms
- Reassurance to land managers to plant trees now
- Sweden joins UK ocean protection campaign
- Microchipping your pet is the best New Year’s resolution you could make
- Counter-poaching troops help with historic Black Rhino move in Malawi
- Government launches new scheme to boost tree-planting
- Consultation launched on the import and export of hunting trophies
- Government launches call for evidence on the welfare of primates
- Threatened species receive game-changing funding boost
- New measures protect animal welfare and increase woodland cover