Open consultations from Defra

8 results

  • Livestock feed controls review for England and Wales

    This consultation will be open for 8 weeks from 04/02/2025 to 01/04/2025. Please read the full consultation document before completing this survey. This public consultation is for England and Wales only. A separate consultation on the same topic was published by the Scottish Government. Please only respond to one consultation, where your interest centres. This is a consultation on whether England and Wales should change its livestock feed controls, to allow: ... More
    Closes 1 April 2025

  • Plant Varieties and Seeds Framework for Precision Bred Plant Varieties

    Precision b reeding technologies are modern tools for plant breeding that can develop new beneficial traits more efficiently and precisely than traditional breeding. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 , establishes a new class of regulated products: Precision Bred Organisms. These include plants that contain genetic changes made by precision breeding technologies, which could also have arisen by traditional breeding processes. The Act provides powers... More
    Closes 14 April 2025

  • Land Use Consultation

    The Government is consulting on our vision for land use in England and how to deliver it. This consultation will inform the development of a Land Use Framework. To submit your consultation response please: complete the consultation questionnaire through the link below, or follow the instructions to respond in the attached consultation document There is an option to save and come back later, to complete your consultation response. An accessible version of the... More
    Closes 25 April 2025

  • Poultry Catching and Handling Consultation (Ymgynghoriad ar ddal a thrin dofednod)

    Assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations ('Regulation 1/2005’) does not currently include manual lifting and carrying (‘catching’) by two legs, for the purpose of transportation in connection with an economic activity, as a permitted method for poultry (or any vertebrate animal). However, Defra’s statutory codes of practice for the welfare of laying hens and pullets, and the welfare of meat chickens and... More
    Closes 2 May 2025

  • Exemption for lead in bearings and bushes of diesel or gaseous powered ices

    The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (RoHS regulations) restricts the use of 10 hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), with a view to contributing to the protection of human health and the environment, including the sound recovery and disposal of waste. Industry can apply for exemptions to allow the supply of products using one or more of the restricted substances above the... More
    Closes 4 May 2025

  • Exemption for lead solder in control units of combustion engines

    The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (RoHS regulations) restricts the use of 10 hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), with a view to contributing to the protection of human health and the environment, including the sound recovery and disposal of waste. Industry can apply for exemptions to allow the supply of products using one or more of the restricted substances above the... More
    Closes 4 May 2025

  • Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes

    The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (RoHS regulations) restricts the use of 10 hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), with a view to contributing to the protection of human health and the environment, including the sound recovery and disposal of waste. Industry can apply for exemptions to allow the supply of products using one or more of the restricted substances above the... More
    Closes 4 May 2025

  • Use of helium cadmium lasers in Raman spectroscopy

    The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (RoHS regulations) restricts the use of 10 hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), with a view to contributing to the protection of human health and the environment, including the sound recovery and disposal of waste. Industry can apply for exemptions to allow the supply of products using one or more of the restricted substances above the... More
    Closes 4 May 2025
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