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  • FAWC consultation on farm animal welfare within sustainable livestock production

    Farm Animal Welfare Committee consultation seeking views on the animal welfare implications of moves towards sustainable livestock production.

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

  • Common Agricultural Policy reform countdown timeline

    Steps we are taking to implement the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes which will start in 2015.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Smarter Environmental Legislation: terms of reference

    Terms of reference for Smarter Environmental Legislation: phase 2 of the Smarter Environmental Regulation 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

  • Smarter data: plans to simplify information requests

    Our plans to simplify environmental, marine and carbon information requests from Defra and its agencies.

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

  • Defra better for business: strategic reform plan for Defra’s regulations

    Defra’s Red Tape Challenge Implementation Plan covering all of Defra’s Red Tape Challenge commitments.

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

  • Farming regulation task force implementation group: final assessment of progress

    Final independent assessment of the progress made by the government to reduce regulatory burdens on farmers.

    • 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: disease controls for deer and camelids

    Seeking views on proposals to combine existing legislation on TB in deer and other changes regarding TB in camelids.

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

  • National listing and plant breeders’ rights: revision of fees to recover full costs

    Seeking views on a proposal to increase the fees for national listing and plant breeders’ rights.

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

  • Strategy for achieving officially bovine tuberculosis free status for England

    Defra is consulting on a draft strategy to achieve bovine tuberculosis-free status for England within the next 25 years.

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

  • A strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free status for England

    The strategy aims to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England and to achieve Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free (OTF) status.

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

  • Pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire: Defra response to the report by the Independent Expert Panel

    Defra’s response to the report by the Independent Expert Panel on the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire.

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

  • Revision to marine licensing fees and charges

    Inviting views on proposals to revise the fees structure for marine licensing as operated by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

    • 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

  • Abolition of Food from Britain

    This consultation is to seek views on the government’s proposals to abolish Food from Britain.

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

  • Spreadable fats and milk and milk products

    Seeking views on amendments to the spreadable fats, milk and milk products regulations to remove the requirement to fortify margarine.

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

  • Nitrate Vulnerable Zones: consolidation of regulations

    Consolidation of 2008 nitrates regulations and its subsequent amendments to help farmers and advisors easily refer to regulations for NVZs.

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

  • Red Tape Challenge: Agriculture theme proposals

    Our proposals to deal with the agriculture element of the Red Tape Challenge.

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

  • Olive oil updated EU marketing standards: proposed enforcement arrangements

    Seeking views on proposed enforcement arrangements for updated EU marketing standards on olive oil.

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

  • Defra’s response to electronic identification (EID) tag reading study

    Defra welcomes this study which provides reassuring evidence of the quality of EID tags on sale.

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

  • UK agricultural technologies strategy

    Agri-tech strategy setting out how government and industry will build on the strengths of the UK sector.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): ex situ collections

    List of the initial results from an exercise to identify ex situ collections of FAnGR in the UK.

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