Elliot Morley MP
e-mail: correspondence.section@maff.gsi.gov.uk
Mr Elliot Morley was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at MAFF (now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) on 5 May 1997 and is responsible for fisheries, animal welfare, countryside matters, forestry and flood and coastal defence. He is also the Department's Green Minister.
Born on 6 July 1952, Mr Morley was educated at St Margaret's High School, Liverpool and Hull College of Education (B.Ed.) and was a head of department at Greatfield High School. A former president of Hull Teachers' Association, he was a Councillor for Hull City Council from 1979-86.
Mr Morley became MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe in 1987.
In Opposition, Mr Morley was spokesman on food, agriculture and rural affairs with special responsibility for animal welfare and fisheries from 1989-97. Previously, he was also a member of the Agriculture Select Committee. 
He is married with two children. 
Mr Morley's interests include countryside issues, ornithology and conservation. He is a vice-president of the Wildlife and Countryside Link and a former member of the councils of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and British Trust for Ornithology. He is also a vice-president of the Association of Drainage Authorities.

Carwyn Jones
e-mail:Carwyn.Jones@wales.gov.uk
 (Labour - Bridgend) 
Minister for Rural Affairs, National Ass for Wales. 
Born in 1967, he is a barrister specialising in Criminal, Family and Personal Injury Law. He is a Bridgend Councillor and is a member of Amnesty International and the Fabian Society and a former professional tutor at Cardiff University. His interests include Transport, Europe, Law and Farming.

Rhona Brankin MSP
e-mail: scottish.ministers@scotland.gov.uk
Ms Brankin is Deputy Minister for Rural Development with particular responsibilities for fisheries, forestry and research. Ms Brankin is the MSP for Midlothian.
Rhona Brankin was born in 1950 in Glasgow and was educated at Jordanhill High School. She lived in the Highlands for 25 years on the Black Isle
A graduate of Aberdeen University, Ms Brankin was formerly a lecturer in special educational needs and equal opportunities at Northern College (Aberdeen and Dundee).
Rhona Brankin is a former Chair of the Scottish Labour Party and a member of the Scottish Executive Committee. She is a former member of the Constitutional Convention.