SCARBOROUGH and Whitby MP Robert Goodwill has been appointed minister of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Downing Street has announced.
His appointment follows the resignation last week of agriculture minister George Eustice, who quit to fight for Brexit.
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