| Heading: |
Office for Environmental Protection: Public Appointments |
| Question ID: |
1818369 |
| UIN: |
64195 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5249 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ellie Chowns
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| Asking Member handle: |
EllieChowns
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@EllieChowns
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the process of appointing the new Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection protects its independence. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The Chair role is appointed by the Secretary of State acting jointly with the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. The appointment will be conducted in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments as regulated... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |