Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107384

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public appointments

Tabled: 21 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98120 on DEFRA: Public Appointment, whether any made a declaration of political activity.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Direct Ministerial Appointees are not typically expected to submit declarations of political activity. However, they are expected to comply with the provisions on political activity set out in the code of conduct for board members of public bodies. This c...

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