George Eustice has been promoted from Minister of State at Defra to be the new Secretary of State. He is the MP for Redruth and Camborne.
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.
His appointment has been welcomed by the NFU.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) says the appointment of George Eustice as environment secretary signals the arrival of a ‘real countryman’ at the heart of government.
Christopher Graffius, BASC’s executive director of communications and public affairs, said: 'George Eustice is a farmer with a sound knowledge of the environment and rural affairs. His appointment means that we have a real countryman at the helm and this can only be of benefit to conservation, shooting and rural affairs.'
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