Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform
The Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform was a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister did not attend the Scottish Cabinet, but supported the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport who continues to attend the cabinet.
The last previous Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform was Màiri McAllan.
Overview
Responsibilities
The Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform had specific responsibility for:- land reform & land use
- Royal Botanic Garden
- environmental quality
- natural resources, peatland and flooding
- Scottish Land Commission
- Hydro Nation
- Drinking Water Quality Regulator
- private water
- forestry & woodlands
- Forestry and Land Scotland
- Scottish Forestry
- EU Support and related services
- Forest Research
- environmental and climate justice
- Crown Estate Scotland
- marine planning
- national parks and natural heritage
- plant health
- GM
List of office holders
Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment
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