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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Caroline Spelman highlights Defra priorities

    Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman outlined to Parliament some of the key priorities facing the department yesterday and reaffirmed the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Survey of land managed under the Campaign for the Farmed Environment 2009/10 crop year: England

    The survey is the first of the on-going monitoring surveys following that of the baseline, which ran in November 2009.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra Secretary of State, Caroline Spelman MP visits the Chelsea Flower Show

    Caroline visited the Fera stand at the Chelsea Flower Show, which was raising awareness about the serious plant disease Phytophthora.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra contributes to Government savings

    Defra and its Arm’s Length Bodies will contribute £162m to the Government’s overall £6bn savings in 2010/11, amounting to 5.5% of its 2010/11 budget.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Biodiversity in the spotlight

    Caroline Spelman visited the newly opened Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra approves GM potato trial

    The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist late potato blight.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Biodiversity Indicators

    An updated overview of biodiversity in the UK has been published today, which provides an insight into the health of our natural environment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP speech at the Angela Marmont Centre for Biodiversity

    Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP speech at the Angela Marmont Centre for Biodiversity.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra Ministerial Portfolios announced

    The portfolios for the new Defra Ministerial team have been agreed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Defra Secretary of State announced

    Caroline Spelman MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Prime Minister, David Cameron.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Defra Ministers announced

    James Paice MP has been appointed as Minister of State.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government