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Lewes MP Promoted In Lib Dem Reshuffle
Lewes MP Norman Baker has today welcomed his promotion in the Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. Norman's new role represents a widening of his previous portfolio responsibilities as Shadow Environment Secretary to now also include Food and Rural Affairs, making him the party's direct shadow of the government's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Margaret Beckett. The move comes as part of the decision to decrease the size of their shadow cabinet from 25 members to 21, in order to increase the effectiveness of the team charged with leading the party's efforts to hold the government to account.
Commenting on his appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Norman said:
"I am delighted to hold this key position in the Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet. This represents an excellent opportunity to build upon the work I have already undertaken across a huge range of environmental issues, most especially climate change.
"I am now looking forward to taking on the additional responsibilities of speaking for the party on matters related to food and rural affairs. I have already worked on many issues closely-related to this, both in my parliamentary role as the party's environment spokesman and as an MP with a rural constituency.
"I will now be looking to hold the government to account on a whole range of pressing issues facing people in the countryside, including securing a better deal for our local farmers."