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Britain's Environment Secretary Hilary Benn (2nd R) listens to a speech while sitting behind Foreign Secretary David Milliband (L) and Peter Mandelson (2nd L), Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, during a speech at the Brighton Centre, in southern England, on Septemb...

Britain's Environment Secretary Hilary Benn arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street in London June 9, 2009.

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LONDON - JUNE 09: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L), prepares to chair a cabinet meeting beside Justice Minister Jack Straw (2nd L), Environment Secretary Hilary Benn (3rd L), Cabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell and Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon; Leader of the House of Lords...

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LONDON - JUNE 09: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L), prepares to chair a cabinet meeting beside Justice Minister Jack Straw (2nd L), Environment Secretary Hilary Benn (3rd L), Cabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell and Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon; Leader of the House of Lords...

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LONDON - JUNE 09: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd L), prepares to chair a cabinet meeting beside Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell (L), Justice Minister Jack Straw (2nd R) and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn (R), inside 10 Downing Street on June 09, 2009 in London, England.

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British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn arrives at Downing Street in central London, for the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 9, 2009.

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British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn (L) talks with European Commisioner for Environment Stavros Dimas during the second day of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for the Environment on April 15, 2009 in Prague.

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British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn (L) talks with Maltese counterpart George Pullicino on January 19, 2009 before an Agriculture Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.

British Environment Secretary Hilary Benn and France's Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire (R) pose at the start of an European Union agriculture and fisheries council in Brussels, September 7, 2009.

Britain's Environment Secretary Hilary Benn speaks on the telephone in Westminster in London June 5, 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown averted the immediate danger of government collapse with a cabinet reshuffle that buys the loyalty of key ministers.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn leaves 10 Downing Street after the weekly cabinet meeting, in London May 19, 2009.

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British Environment Minister Hilary Benn, last figure, in yellow parka, joins other ministers and representatives from a dozen nations, on a fact-finding visit to the area around Norway's Troll Research Station on Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, touring the ice sheet below the Judulsessen massif...

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Hilary Benn MP gives a speech at the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2009 at Broadcasting House on November 25, 2009 in London, England. The Awards were launched in 2000 by HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.

Christmas decorations are seen in a skip on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

Men throw a chair into a skip on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

A man throws rubbish into a skip on Main Street Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

Men throw a chair into a skip on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

A man is seen working at a newsagent on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

A man is seen throwing rubbish into a skip on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

A man is seen throwing rubbish into a skip on Main Street, Cockermouth, northern England November 24, 2009.

A closed sign is posted in a shop as residents continue the clean up of Cockermouth after heavy floods in northern England November 24, 2009.

Water runs from a drain pipe as residents continue the clean up of Cockermouth after heavy floods in northern England November 24, 2009.

Workmen clear up debris after flooding on Main Street in Cockermouth, northern England, November 24, 2009.

Workmen clear up debris after flooding on Main Street in Cockermouth, northern England, November 24, 2009.

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British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn (R) listens to a speech during a debate with Brazilian researchers about climate change and biodiversity, at Sao Paulo's Research Foundation (FAPESP), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 16, 2009.