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  • New Permanent Secretary for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

    Bronwyn Hill appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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

  • Pesticides consultation on charges and enforcement launched

    A consultation on pesticides enforcement regulations and fees associated with protecting people and the environment from pesticides use has been launched today.

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

  • Cornish pasties can’t be pirated

    Cornish pasties have won official recognition protection under the EU protected food names scheme.

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

  • UK action sees off battery cage delay

    British-led action has prevented an attempt by some EU Member States to delay a ban on ‘battery cages’ for laying hens.

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

  • Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’

    Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’.

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

  • Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference

    Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference.

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

  • Farmers must back the Campaign for the Farmed Environment

    An open letter from Jim Paice, Minister for Agriculture, to the farming industry.

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

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech to the Soil Association, “The future of food”

    Hello, and I'm very sorry not to be with you in person today.

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

  • Review of cormorant licensing regime announced

    Cormorants are a predatory species that can cause significant damage to fish stocks.

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

  • Agricultural revolution needed to fight food shortages

    There is a role for governments, the private sector and consumers to play in the entire food system in achieving future food security.

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

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech the stakeholder launch of the Foresight report, “A problem with food…”

    Caroline Spelman’s speech the stakeholder launch of the Foresight report, “A problem with food…”

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

  • US study on neonicotinoids: myths busted

    We have a robust system for assessing risks from pesticides, which shows neonicotinoids are not an unacceptable risk when used correctly.

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

  • Defra bites down on threats to sharks

    Shark Conservation Plan shows how we intend to protect sharks, skates and rays under threat of extinction.

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

  • H1N1 found in turkeys

    A routine disease investigation has ruled out avian notifiable disease but detected H1N1 influenza in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire.

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

  • Risk of pesticides to bees: myths busted

    All current evidence shows that if neonicotinoid products are used correctly there is not an unacceptable risk to bee health.

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

  • New Common Agricultural Policy must be fundamentally different: Spelman

    CAP reform should be more ambitious, particularly in its approach to direct subsidies and in emphasising payments for farmers who deliver public goods.

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

  • Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference 2011

    I’ve been really looking forward to the Oxford Farming Conference.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during January 2011

    Compensation payable during January 2011, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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

  • Chief Executive appointed to new Government Agency

    Catherine Brown as the first Chief Executive of the new Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).

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

  • Bee scientists to force killer mites to self destruct

    Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.

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