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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Draft producer responsibility obligations (packaging and packaging waste) regulations

    A consultation on the draft regulations for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging across the UK.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Rheoliadau drafft rhwymedigaethau cyfrifoldeb cynhyrchwyr (pecynwaith a gwastraff pecynwaith)

    Ymgynghoriad ar y rheoliadau drafft ar gyfer cyfrifoldeb estynedig cynhyrchwyr (EPR) dros becynwaith ledled y Deyrnas Unedig.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Climate change adaptation reporting power: plans for the fourth round

    Seeking views on how we plan to manage the fourth round of the climate change adaptation reporting.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Fisheries: managing flyseine vessel pressure on demersal non-quota fish stocks

    Seeking views on measures to help manage non-quota fish stocks in English waters.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Strengthening environmental civil sanctions

    Seeking views on increasing the cap on variable monetary penalties (VMPs) for environmental offences in England and introducing VMPs to the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Revised national air quality strategy

    Seeking views on the draft revised national air quality strategy.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure

    Seeking views on the draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Fisheries: managing quota allocation from 2023

    Seeking views on how we should split our additional fishing quota between the UK administrations and allocate our additional quota in England and the Crown Dependencies from 2023.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Designation of 4 new bathing waters in England

    Seeking views on the proposal to designate 4 sites in England as bathing waters.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Bathing waters: removing Tunstall Beach from the list of designated bathing waters

    Seeking views on the proposal to remove Tunstall Beach from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Contractual practice in the UK pig sector

    Seeking views on supply chain relations in the UK pig sector.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 2030 Strategic framework for international climate and nature action

    Seeking views on how the UK can encourage international climate and nature action over the next decade.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Local Nature Recovery Strategies: how to prepare and what to include

    Seeking views on how Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be prepared and what should be included.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Groundwater and surface water discharge activities

    Seeking views on our plans to change the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes

    Seeking your views on an application to exempt the use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes from the RoHS Regulations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Highly Protected Marine Areas pilot sites

    The UK government is consulting on pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters for biodiversity recovery.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and implementation

    The consultation sets out our proposals, and seeks views, on how biodiversity net gain will work in practice.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Draft National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP)

    Seeking views on the revised draft National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Environment Act 2021: environmental targets

    Seeking views on new targets under the Environment Act 2021 to improve the natural environment.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • WEEE compliance fee 2022: call for views

    Seeking views on if we should set a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance fee for 2022 and how this should be managed.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government