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Agreed record of the annual consultations between the UK and Norway for fishing opportunities in 2026.
Post implementation review of the the Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020.
How the government plans to implement the Nature Restoration Fund.
Defra’s approach to the procurement of strategic compensatory measures for the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF).
The North Sea and Channel sprat FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of sprat fisheries in English and Scottish waters.
The cockle FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of cockle fisheries in English waters.
The Southern North Sea and Channel skates and rays FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of skates and rays fisheries in English waters.
The queen scallop FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of queen scallop fisheries in English waters.
The Southern North Sea demersal non-quota species FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of these fisheries in English waters.
The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report on environmental inspections and their implementation in England.
Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2025.
Information on the government badger control costs for 2024 and previous years.
An update on progress on implementing the storm overflows discharge reduction plan, and the effect of that progress.
Written records of annual fisheries consultations between the UK and the EU.
Agreed record of the consultations held between the UK and the Faroe Islands for North-East Atlantic mackerel fishing opportunities in 2025.
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Ivory Act 2018.
An introduction to the delivery plans for statutory and interim Environment Act targets.
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to invasive non-native species.
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to water demand.
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to water and abandoned metal mines.
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