Activities

Secretary of State for the environment the Rt Hon Michael Gove has provisionally agreed to speak at this meeting.

NFU President Minette Batters spoke to the Group about the current issues around Brexit negotiations with the EU over withdrawal, and what could happen next. She revealed the NFU’s new strategy which aims to deliver on a number of international Sustainable Development Goals.

With BA and DPhil degrees from Oxford University, Matt Ridley worked for the Economist for nine years as science editor, Washington correspondent and American editor, before becoming a self-employed writer and businessman. He founded the Mind and Matter column in the Wall Street Journal and has been a weekly columnist for The Telegraph and The Times. He sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative and is a member of Science and Technology select committee.