DEFRA has announced Jane Kennedy's replacement as farming minister.
Jim Fitzpatrick has been the elected member of parliament for the London constituency of Poplar & Canning Town since 1997.
He comes into DEFRA from the department of transport, where he was roads minister.
He is a Scotsman, but has been living in London since 1974 when he joined the London Fire Brigade with which he served for 23 years.