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Lord Benyon returns to Defra as Environment Minister

Cecilia Keating
Cecilia Keating
clock 17 May 2021 • 3 min read
Lord Richard Benyon | Credit: UK government
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Lord Richard Benyon | Credit: UK government

Veteran politician to become under secretary of state for Defra for the second time

Lord Richard Benyon has been appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), returning to the department where the former MP...

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