Putting a Fox in the Chicken Coop?

The UK government's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee's job is, holding the Environment Secretary to account on nature and environmental targets. Its current chair also heads the Conservative Friends of the Countryside. This seems a conflict of interest (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/28/sir-robert-goodwill-tory-environment-select-committee-chair-told-to-quit-over-ties-to-lobby-group). The Conservative Friends of the Countryside is a pro fox hunting and shooting consortium. It advocates, for example, halting beaver release. Conservative Friends of the Countryside also wants to continue the burning of peatland, in spite of these being important carbon sinks. This right-wing consortium also favours the continued use of neonicotinoid pesticides, although their detrimental effects on bees and other pollinators are well-documented. Conservative Friends of the Countryside even wants to reverse the current ban on importing hunting trophies from endangered animals. This body has been notably silent on the catastrophic state of English flood defences, for which the Environment Secretary has direct responsibility (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/30/more-than-4000-english-flood-defences-almost-useless-analysis-finds ). Under its present chairmanship, it appears very unlikely that Efra will even attempt to improve the current dismal performances of the under-funded Environment, Food and Rural Affairs body and the Environment Secretary. A man with two hats?