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Thursday, 17 June 2010
A ban on illegal timber entering the EU market has moved a step closer this week....
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Volunteers from Defra’s helpline (outsourced to Vertex Data Science Ltd, based in Merseyside), as well as the Environment Agency and RPA / BCMS…...
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
The Government is to carry out a full review of waste policy in England, looking at the most effective ways of reducing waste....
Monday, 14 June 2010
Thank you and thanks to everyone here. Today I want to explain the new Government's approach to waste in the years ahead....
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Thank you John for hosting today’s event and Robbie for your talk and support....
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Business Research Establishment work with the UK's main developers and manufacturers to promote the latest cutting edge sustainable innovations and te...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Caroline Spelman today visited the Cereals Show 2010 in Cambridgeshire....
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Thank you Alan, and thank you to everyone I've met so far for a warm welcome and a fascinating experience....
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Bureaucratic burdens on the farming industry will be put under the microscope by a new Task Force announced by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice today....
Tuesday, 08 June 2010
I'm delighted to be here to support the excellent work that is being showcased this afternoon....
Tuesday, 08 June 2010
The Government has today announced the appointment of John Whitehead OBE as interim Chair of Seafish....
Monday, 07 June 2010
The scheme rewards householders who volunteer to participate with points worth up to £135 a year, from over 100 reward partners....
Friday, 04 June 2010
The day before World Environment Day on 5 June, Caroline Spelman visited Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in Solihull. ...
Friday, 04 June 2010
This is an important step to ensure that bluetongue does not return to GB....
Thursday, 03 June 2010
Caroline Spelman was live on the guardian.co.uk website answering a broad range of questions from the public....
Thursday, 03 June 2010
Fish for Life was initiated in 2006 by Young's Seafood and has since been adopted across Findus Group's operations in continental Europe....
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
This was a hypothetical, academic exercise to increase the evidence base on subsidy reform. ...
Friday, 28 May 2010
Compensation payable during June 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only)....
Friday, 28 May 2010
Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman outlined to Parliament some of the key priorities facing the department yesterday and reaffirmed the…...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
The survey is the first of the on-going monitoring surveys following that of the baseline, which ran in November 2009. ...
Monday, 24 May 2010
Caroline visited the Fera stand at the Chelsea Flower Show, which was raising awareness about the serious plant disease Phytophthora....
Monday, 24 May 2010
Defra and its Arm’s Length Bodies will contribute £162m to the Government’s overall £6bn savings in 2010/11, amounting to 5.5% of its 2010/11 budget. ...
Friday, 21 May 2010
Caroline Spelman visited the newly opened Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum....
Friday, 21 May 2010
The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist late potato blight....
Thursday, 20 May 2010
An updated overview of biodiversity in the UK has been published today, which provides an insight into the health of our natural environment....
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP speech at the Angela Marmont Centre for Biodiversity. ...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The portfolios for the new Defra Ministerial team have been agreed....
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Caroline Spelman MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Prime Minister, David Cameron. ...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
James Paice MP has been appointed as Minister of State....