Rebecca Pow served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
22 Facts About Rebecca Pow
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Rebecca Pow was brought up on a farm in Inglesbatch near Bath, working there throughout her teenage years.
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Rebecca Pow was an active member of both Bath and Taunton Young Farmers Clubs.
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Rebecca Pow studied Rural Environment Studies at Wye College, University of London.
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Rebecca Pow was a Governor at Thurlbear C of E school for 10 years and a Parish Councillor in her local village, Stoke St Mary.
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Rebecca Pow had a career in radio and television, including working for HTV in Bristol and BBC Radio 4.
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Rebecca Pow ran the Taste of Somerset, the first independent initiative for local food and drink producers which ultimately became The Taste of the West.
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In 2003 Rebecca Pow took voluntary redundancy from ITV West to set up Rebecca Pow Productions, specialising in communications and PR focusing on the rural environment, farming, food and gardening.
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In July 2016, Rebecca Pow was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Gavin Barwell MP, Minister for Housing, Planning and Minister for London in the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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Rebecca Pow supported the Conservative Government's moves to cap welfare, improve education and opportunities for young people, control immigration and deal with the deficit.
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Rebecca Pow was the first female Conservative MP to represent Taunton Deane.
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Rebecca Pow declared that she would vote Remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
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Rebecca Pow was previously a parish councillor for Stoke St Mary and trustee of the Somerset Wildlife Trust.
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Rebecca Pow stepped down as vice-president of Somerset Wildlife Trust in June 2018, following an online petition criticising her support for badger culling.
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Rebecca Pow declared that she would vote Remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
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In 2018, Rebecca Pow was awarded a Green Heart Hero Award by The Climate Coalition, a coalition of over 100 charities and community groups across the UK, for being the "Greenest New MP" for her environmental work.
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Rebecca Pow served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Ministerial team, before serving as PPS to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Esther McVey until her Ministerial appointment in May 2019.
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In May 2019, it was alleged that Rebecca Pow was one of a number of MPs who had legally claimed parliamentary expenses for an 'accommodation uplift' contrary to the measures original purpose.
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In 2019, during the second May ministry, Rebecca Pow was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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On 10 September 2019, during the first Johnson ministry, Rebecca Pow was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Rebecca Pow resigned from this position on 7 July 2022, as part of the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
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Rebecca Pow met her late husband, Charles Clark, at a Young Farmers Club.