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The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report on environmental inspections and their implementation in England.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
This consultation is inviting views on draft Pathway Action Plans (PAPs) which target the priority introduction routes of invasive non-native species (INNS) into Great Britain.
Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2025.
An update on progress on implementing the storm overflows discharge reduction plan, and the effect of that progress.
Seeking views on contractual practices in the combinable crops sector to understand how supply relationships between farmers and purchasers can be improved.
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.
Seeking views on updated guidance for the limiting of emissions from crematoriums.
Seeking views on the proposed environmental compensatory measures reforms (ECMR) for offshore wind. Defra will use the responses to inform the final design of the statutory instrument and associated guidance.
The Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and Kunming-Montreat Global Biodiversity Framework paper maps the national targets against the EIP outcomes.
Monitoring progress against the goals and commitments in the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2025.
The Belém Declaration on Fertilisers urges for more to be done to enhance nutrient use efficiency and reduce emissions from fertiliser production.
The government's summary of changes to EU legislation relating to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.
The strategy will help create, test, and adopt alternative methods to animal testing so we can work towards phasing out the use of animals in all but exceptional circumstances.
We are consulting on flood and coastal erosion funding rules and are calling for evidence on alternative sources of funding and devolution opportunities.
Written records of annual fisheries consultations between the UK and the EU.
Sets out the government's response to the Climate Change Committee's 2025 progress report and their recommendations on climate adaptation.
Consultation on an exemptions reform to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
The government's summary of an EU Commission Delegated Regulation 2025/637 with regards to entry into the Union of certain animal-derived products.
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