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  • Government draws up action plan for fuel of the future

    Government considers how anaerobic digester technology can provide a green energy boost for Britain. 

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

  • Written Ministerial Statement on 2013 Review of the Rural Payments Agency

    Independent review of Rural Payments Agency, and the Government response to it.

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

  • Food Standards Agency to keep crucial safety role

    The FSA in England will focus on its core remit of food safety policy and enforcement.

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

  • Rural Payments Agency needs radical improvement

    The Review considered the current state of the Agency as well as its readiness for a changed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013.

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

  • Changes to import controls for fresh fruit and vegetables

    Importers of fresh fruit and vegetables from countries outside the EU will benefit from deregulation coming in to force from 20 July 2010.

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

  • Caroline Spelman speech at the Smith Institute – Feeding Britain 2: What consumers want – ‘From satiety to surfeit – rebalancing our relationship with food.’

    Thank you Nick, and thank you for inviting me here today.

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

  • New task force to cut farmers’ red tape

    The Task Force on Farming Regulation will work to reduce the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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

  • Research on green claims

    Defra has today published research on claims about environmental performance on products and packaging.

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

  • EU audit of agri-environment schemes in England

    Defra is making changes to the way farmers are paid for protecting the environment, after an EU audit of England's agri-environment schemes.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during July 2010

    Compensation payable during July 2010, 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

  • Changes to badger vaccine deployment project

    We are committed to introducing a carefully-managed and science-led policy of badger control in areas with high and persistent levels of bovine TB.

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

  • Gloucestershire Old Spots: Crackling good protected pork

    Gloucester Old Spots, the 42nd British product to be added to the list of legally-protected names.

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

  • Secretary of State visits Cereals 2010, 10 June 2010

    Caroline Spelman today visited the Cereals Show 2010 in Cambridgeshire.

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

  • Paice announces Farming Regulation Review

    Bureaucratic burdens on the farming industry will be put under the microscope by a new Task Force announced by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice today.

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

  • Economic research on farm viability and direct payments published

    This was a hypothetical, academic exercise to increase the evidence base on subsidy reform.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during June 2010

    Compensation payable during June 2010, 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

  • Defra approves GM potato trial

    The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist late potato blight.

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

  • New Defra Secretary of State announced

    Caroline Spelman MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Prime Minister, David Cameron.

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

  • Welsh guide to legislation

    Canllaw i ddeddfwriaeth Yr enw ffurfiol ar ddeddf yw Deddf Seneddol. Cyn y daw unrhyw un o bolisiau'r llywodraeth yn ddeddf, rhaid iddo'n gyntaf gael ei osod allan ar ffurf Mesur, neu Ddeddf ar ffurf ddrafft. Bydd AS…

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    First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government