The Rt Hon Lord Benyon
Biography
Richard Benyon was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs from May 2010 to October 2013. He was elected Conservative MP for Newbury on 5 May 2005.
Education
Richard was educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.
Political career
He served as Opposition Whip from 2007 to 2009 and as Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2009 to 2010.
Career outside politics
Following a career in the army, where he served with the Royal Green Jackets from 1980 to 1985, Richard qualified as a chartered surveyor and ran a business which included farming, forestry and the management of rural and urban housing.
Personal life
Richard is married with 2 children and has 3 children from his previous marriage.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs
Responsibilities include:
- natural environment
- floods and water
- resource and environmental management
- rural affairs
- lead responsibility for the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Forestry Commission
- deputy for the Secretary of State on Environment Council
Previous roles in government
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Rhydymwyn - Great Crested Newts (GCNs)
- Conditions of RDPE grant funding to Ensors Gloucestershire Ltd.
- New measures to increase rural home-building
- Documentation on the Marine England Regulatory Service (MERS)
- Bat Data for Rhydymwyn site Flintshire 2012 Q1
- Tunnel complex, Rhydymwyn
- Halton Hydro project final appraisal
- Marine Conservation Zones: response to an article in the Times
- GIS shape files for each Local Nature Partnership area
- Animal by-product controls