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Jim Paice’s speech at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution annual event.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new Animal Health and Welfare Board for England will make direct policy recommendations on the health and welfare of all kept animals.
Research shows the positive effects of badger culling can last for a long time and that an initial negative effect disappeared relatively quickly.
The UK Government is committed to transparency in the use of public funds, which includes everyone who has received payments under the CAP.
The UK and Brazil have asked G20 members to consider measures to tackle short-term and long-term challenges of food price volatility.
Almost all households rated healthy foods as being the most important of these considerations.
Cattle testing positive for Bovine TB are to be DNA tagged to further strengthen controls preventing spread of the disease.
We will not hesitate to act if presented with any new evidence.
Only Cumberland sausages made in Cumbria to specific standards can be called 'traditional' in future, Food Minister Jim Paice announced today.
Budgets will be devolved from 1 April 2011 and have been shared based on historic spending and animal numbers.
Defra has approved an application from Emergent Product Development UK Ltd to release a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) as part of a clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine against typhoid.
Bronwyn Hill appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
A consultation on pesticides enforcement regulations and fees associated with protecting people and the environment from pesticides use has been launched today.
Cornish pasties have won official recognition protection under the EU protected food names scheme.
British-led action has prevented an attempt by some EU Member States to delay a ban on ‘battery cages’ for laying hens.
Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’.
Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference.
An open letter from Jim Paice, Minister for Agriculture, to the farming industry.
Hello, and I'm very sorry not to be with you in person today.
Cormorants are a predatory species that can cause significant damage to fish stocks.
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