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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Pet travel: planned changes to the EU scheme

    Seeking views on planned changes to the EU pet travel scheme.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The future of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides

    The future of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Meat Products (England) Regulations 2014

    We are seeking views on the government’s plans to retain regulations on the quality of meat products from England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Water Industry: changing the Specified Infrastructure Projects Regulations

    Seeking views on proposed changes to the Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bathing waters 2014: projected classifications in England

    Projected revised Bathing Water Directive classifications using 2011-2014 monitoring data for bathing waters in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (England) Direction 2014

    Directions to the Environment Agency relating to the Groundwater Directive (Directive 2006/118/EC).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lead Local Flood Authorities (England) funding for 2015 to 2016

    Funding allocation for Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) to carry out their new duties under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Abolition of the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee

    Seeking views on the intended abolition of the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee (HGTAC).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bovine TB cattle control measures: tackling cattle-to-cattle transmission

    Seeking views on removing the cattle pre-movement testing exemption for movements within SOAs, risk based trading and compulsory post-movement testing.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Natural Capital Committee’s second state of natural capital report: government response

    Our response to the Natural Capital Committee’s second state of natural capital report.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Methodology for reviews of timber certification schemes (Cat A evidence)

    This document sets out the approach that will be taken by CPET in the 2014 forest certification scheme review.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Criteria for evaluating forest certification schemes (Category A evidence)

    The forest certification schemes approved as 'Category A evidence' are reviewed regularly. This framework sets out how we review the schemes to check for compliance.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • CPET stakeholder review on forest certification schemes

    Inviting stakeholders to submit evidence of certification schemes compliance in preparation for the review of the schemes.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Water abstraction reform: regulating water company discharges

    Seeking views on how we can regulate water company discharges.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Water abstraction reform: managing abstraction as water availability falls and drought develops

    Seeking views on possible ways to manage water abstraction as water availability falls and drought develops.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Small sewage discharges: new approach to how we regulate in England

    Seeking views on changing how we regulate small domestic sewage discharges from septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RDPE programme document 2007 to 2013

    The programme document set out, in detail, what Defra did under the Rural Development Programme for England 2007 to 2013.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Preventing air pollution from shipping (EU directive 2012/33/EU)

    Assesses the potential effect of implementing EU directive 2012/33/EU to prevent air pollution from shipping.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
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  • Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum numbers to be culled in 2014

    Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in 2014.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bluetongue: GB disease control strategy

    Sets out the disease control measures we would consider if bluetongue virus was suspected or confirmed in farm animals.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government