George Eustice retains ministerial position
George Eustice retained his position as food and farming minister after a cabinet re-shuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May.
After a raft of junior ministerial appointments by May, Eustice retained his position as the minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
He will report to the secretary of state for the department Andrea Leadsom.
His responsibilities included: food and farming; animal health and welfare and marine and fisheries.
Leadsom and Eustice will have to deal with a raft of new Brexit challenges, arising from the impact on food prices and the effects of losing EU subsidies.
The reshuffle also saw the end to the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The responsibility for these areas has been incorporated into an expanded Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) under Greg Clark.
The new department brings together responsibilities for business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, energy, and climate change.