Rebecca Pow

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Conservative MP for Taunton Deane

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Rebecca Pow is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

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Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hedges and Ditches: Nature Conservation 15 Mar 2024

    The Hedgerows Regulations 1997 set legal protections for hedgerows in England and Wales. These existing regulations prohibit the removal of most countryside hedgerows (or parts of them) without first seeking approval from the local planning authority. In June 2023, the Government launched a consultation on how hedgerows should be further protected in England. The responses to the...
  • Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Chemicals Strategy 14 Mar 2024

    This Government are committed to protecting human health and the environment, and we will be setting out our priorities for addressing risks from chemicals in due course. To be clear, though, the new draft strategy sets out that our chemicals policy and regulatory decisions will be independent of the EU; they will be bespoke to the UK.
  • Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Chemicals Strategy 14 Mar 2024

    A great many people from that industry were at an international women’s event about sustainability that I spoke at yesterday. In our engagement on the new alternative transition model, which involves working with the industry very closely, we are taking into account the fact that supply chains are complicated, that they operate cross border, and that the sector values access. We will be...

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Conservative MP for Taunton Deane

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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Topics of interest

Rebecca Pow campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Education
  • Department for Transport
  • Department for Environment
  • Food and Rural Affairs
  • Department for Business
  • Innovation and Skills
  • Speech and Language Disorders: Children
  • Speech Therapy: Training
  • Speech and Language Disorders: Children and Young People
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Hinkley Point C Power Station

Currently held offices

  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 28 Oct 2022)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2022 to 16 Nov 2022)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (12 Sep 2019 to 7 Jul 2022)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (23 May 2019 to 10 Sep 2019)
  • Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 15 Jul 2019)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 15 Jul 2019)
  • Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee ( 2 Nov 2016 to 22 Mar 2017)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
  • Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
House in Somerset: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)
House in Somerset, owned jointly with my sister: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)
Until 30 June 2023, agricultural land owned jointly with other family members: (i) and (ii) including income from a telecom mast. (Registered 02 June 2015; updated 02 August 2023)
Commercial building in Somerset, of which I own a 10 percent share: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)
From 31 May 2023, a residential property in Somerset: (i) and (ii). (Registered 06 June 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
Council Member of Royal Bath-West Society, unpaid. (Registered 02 June 2015)

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