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Wednesday, 21 November 2012
New multi-million pound investments in Yorkshire businesses will create jobs, open global business opportunities and help rebuild the nation…...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Find out how Owen Paterson's trade mission in China went...
Monday, 12 November 2012
China is consuming significantly more Western-style milk, cheese, and yogurt, and Britain can help supply that demand....
Friday, 09 November 2012
The effort to address the ash tree disease Chalara will mobilise the general public and focus attention on trees that show resistance to the…...
Friday, 09 November 2012
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) Further to my response to the Hon Member for Carmarthen West…...
Thursday, 08 November 2012
Statistics on how household waste has changed in the last year....
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
Shoppers will be able to make more informed decisions at the tills due to food labelling rule changes. Manufacturers will have to bring in …...
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
The disease has now been confirmed in 115 sites: in 15 nurseries, 39 planting sites and 61 locations in forests and woodlands....
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
Businesses, charities and other organisations that care for our woodlands and forests have today joined Environment Secretary Owen Paterson …...
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
New figures that show which of England’s bathing waters have met strict quality standards have been published by Defra today....
Monday, 05 November 2012
The disease has now been confirmed in trees in 14 nurseries, 36 planting sites and 32 locations in forests and woodlands....
Friday, 02 November 2012
Revellers are being reminded to take care this bonfire night before lighting sky lanterns to limit the damage they can cause to the countryside…...
Friday, 02 November 2012
Hundreds of staff members from government agencies will be out checking sites across the UK for signs of the tree disease Chalara ash dieback…...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
By the end of 2015 all palm oil used in central Government food and catering services will come from environmentally friendly sources, Environment…...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Marcus Agius has been reappointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, by Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson....
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
A campaign to encourage the UK to eat more fish has been backed by UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon today. The ‘Fish is the Dish’ campaign…...
Monday, 29 October 2012
Newmarket Sausages have become the fiftieth British food product to earn European recognition for their quality, history, and links to the local…...
Monday, 29 October 2012
A ban on the import of ash trees to combat the threat of the tree disease ash dieback is being imposed with immediate effect, Environment Secretary…...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
The Government has secured another major step towards fundamental reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy today following agreement on …...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Following publication of Defra’s revised Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance in April 2012, a National Panel of Experts has been set up to …...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
The National Farmers Union (NFU) have written to Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to request that the pilot badger culls in West Somerset…...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is leading a trade delegation to Paris to boost British food and drink sales in France. British produce…...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Wildlife around the world now has even greater protection thanks to an agreement reached at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad…...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Minister of State, David Heath MP has extended The Rt Hon Brenda Dean’s appointment as Chair of Covent Garden Market Authority until her successor…...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Dr Robert Brown and Mr Guy Duke have been re-appointed as independent members of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) by Richard Benyon…...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Tighter control measures to reduce the risk of bovine TB spreading between cattle are to be introduced as part of the drive to eradicate the…...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legi...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The rich environmental assets of Britain’s Overseas Territories (OTs) will be preserved through a Government fund of around £2 million a year…...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Consultation on plans to disband the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB)...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Defra’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Boyd and Chief Vet Nigel Gibbens answered questions about the badger cull pilots live on Twitter on Wednesday…...
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