Lord Lester of Herne Hill – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2016-01-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why chairing the Environment Agency is a part-time post.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

The Agency has a full time Executive and CEO who are responsible for all operational decisions.

The role of the Chairman is to hold the Executive to account through regular meetings and committees and provide leadership and strategic vision for the Board.The Chairman does not operationally manage day to day business and is therefore part-time. This is the usual case for Chair appointments to Public Bodies across Government.