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The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment. It was created by Edward Heath
Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George Heath, Order of the Garter, Order of the British Empire , often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975....
 as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Ministry of Housing and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a United Kingdom government department formed after the Second World War, covering the areas of housing and local government....
 and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15 October 1970.








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The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment. It was created by Edward Heath
Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George Heath, Order of the Garter, Order of the British Empire , often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975....
 as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Ministry of Housing and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a United Kingdom government department formed after the Second World War, covering the areas of housing and local government....
 and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15 October 1970.

Secretaries of State for the Environment


  • Peter Walker
    Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

    Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was Conservative Party MP for Worcester between March 1961 and April 1992, and the founder of the Tory Reform Group....
     (15 October 1970 - 5 November 1972)
  • Geoffrey Rippon
    Geoffrey Rippon

    Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group....
     (5 November 1972 - 4 March 1974)
  • Anthony Crosland
    Anthony Crosland

    Charles Anthony Raven Crosland was a member of the Labour Party and an important socialism theorist. He served as the Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby ....
     (5 March 1974 - 8 April 1976)
  • Peter Shore
    Peter Shore

    Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Labour Party politician and former Cabinet member noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Union....
     (8 April 1976 - 4 May 1979)
  • Michael Heseltine
    Michael Heseltine

    Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British people businessman, Conservative Party politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group....
     (5 May 1979 - 6 January 1983)
  • Tom King
    Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

    Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in Somerset, from 1970 until 2001....
     (6 January 1983 - 11 June 1983)
  • Patrick Jenkin (11 June 1983 - 2 September 1985)
  • Kenneth Baker
    Kenneth Baker

    Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a British politician, a former Conservative Party MP and a Life Member of the Tory Reform Group....
     (2 September 1985 - 21 May 1986)
  • Nicholas Ridley (21 May 1986 - 24 July 1989)
  • Chris Patten
    Chris Patten

    Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Order of the Companions of Honour, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a prominent British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group....
     (24 July 1989 - 28 November 1990)
  • Michael Heseltine
    Michael Heseltine

    Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British people businessman, Conservative Party politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group....
     (28 November 1990 - 11 April 1992)
  • Michael Howard
    Michael Howard

    Michael Howard Queen's Counsel is a British politician, a Conservative Member of Parliament since the United Kingdom general election, 1983 for the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe ....
     (11 April 1992 - 27 May 1993)
  • John Gummer
    John Gummer

    John Selwyn Gummer Member of Parliament is a United Kingdom politician, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal . He is chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International....
     (27 May 1993 - 2 May 1997)


It was succeeded by the office of Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions ....
 and then Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.