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Banning UK sales of ivory
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking views on banning UK sales of elephant ivory, and seeking evidence on the effect this change will have. This consultation applies to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, however we welcome responses from organisations and people based outside of the UK. It includes the consultation document and the impact assessment which can be found at the bottom of this page. Before responding to the questions set out in... MoreClosed 29 December 2017 -
Proposals to amend the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010 and the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2008
Seeking views on updating the rules for the prevention, control and eradication of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). We want to know what you think about amending the English and Welsh regulations on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), a family of diseases that include BSE in cattle and scrapie in sheep and goats. The changes would: bring UK law regarding controls on feeding animal protein and handling of Specified Risk Material into line with... MoreClosed 10 January 2018 -
West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is seeking views on draft proposals for potential management of commercial fishing in the part of West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) inshore of 12 nautical miles. Three management options are being considered and the MMO would like feedback from all interested parties on the proposed management measures. The MMO would like any information you feel could be relevant to inform our decision for management at this site. In particular we... MoreClosed 12 January 2018 -
Implementing EU Directive 2015/1787 on the safety and quality of Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water for Human Consumption
Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (the Directive) amending Annexes II and III to Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption alters the monitoring requirements for spring water and bottled drinking water and makes changes to the methods of analysis to be used in monitoring. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is intending to implement the Directive by adjusting domestic legislation to take account of the changes the Directive... MoreClosed 18 January 2018 -
Consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
This consultation seeks views on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill . The Bill reflects the principle of animal sentience in domestic law and increases the maximum sentences for animal cruelty tenfold, from six months to five years in England and Wales. This draft Bill will embed the principle that animals are sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and pleasure. It contains an obligation, directed towards government, to pay regard to the welfare... MoreClosed 31 January 2018 -
Consultation on a revision to marine licensing application fees
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) invite views on proposals to revise the fee structure and fee rates for marine licence applications as operated by the Marine Management Organisation on behalf of the Secretary of State. We are consulting on the introduction of an online self-service portal for Band 1 marine licence applications along with a fixed fee rate for this type of application. Also on proposals to... MoreClosed 2 February 2018 -
Wildlife Licence Charges
Natural England is inviting views about the way we fund the wildlife licence service in the future. We want to ensure this service offers value for money for licence applicants and the taxpayer and achieves good outcomes for wildlife. You need a wildlife licence from Natural England if you plan to disturb or remove wildlife or damage habitats. Natural England undertakes its licensing work in agreement with Defra. Natural England proposes to introduce charges for the statutory... MoreClosed 5 February 2018 -
Open access restriction at Quarry Bottom (case number 2008020070)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 23 February 2018 -
Call for Evidence - Domestic Burning of House Coal, Smokeless Coal, Manufactured Solid Fuel and Wet Wood
Defra is seeking information on the use of solid fuels such as house coal, manufactured solid fuel and wood for domestic heating, and the impact that changes to the availability of these fuels would have on consumers and businesses. The Government’s long term strategy is to see households move away from these polluting fuels towards cleaner technologies. This call for evidence is a series of questions which will help Government consider what steps should be taken as we transition... MoreClosed 27 February 2018 -
Crouch and Roach Estuaries SSSI, SPA and Ramsar site
On 2 November 2017 Natural England notified additional land as part of the Crouch and Roach Estuaries Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), recognising the land’s importance for overwintering waterbirds and other interest features of the SSSI. It is proposed that the boundaries of the Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid Essex Coast Phase 3) Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site are also extended to include the same areas of land. Natural England is therefore running two... MoreClosed 2 March 2018 -
Code of Practice for the welfare of laying hens
The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on a new statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Laying Hens, for England. The purpose of the existing statutory code is to provide owners and keepers of laying hens with guidance on how to comply with relevant welfare legislation. The existing code has not been updated since it was published in 2002. The proposal is to revoke the existing statutory Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock:... MoreClosed 9 March 2018 -
Code of Practice for the welfare of pigs
The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on a new statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs, for England. The purpose of the existing statutory code is to provide owners and keepers of pigs with guidance on how to comply with relevant welfare legislation. The existing code has not been updated since it was published in 2003. The proposal is to revoke the existing statutory Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Pigs (2003) and to replace it... MoreClosed 9 March 2018 -
Open access restriction at Trawden Clay Pigeon Club (case number 2008060031)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 16 March 2018 -
Open access restriction at Waddington Fell (Mast land) case number 2008060013
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 16 March 2018 -
Open access restriction at Moorcock Clay Pigeon Club Land (case number 2008060032)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 16 March 2018 -
Open access restriction at Moorcock Clay Pigeon Club (case number 2008060006 outline)
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 16 March 2018 -
Bovine TB 2018: comment on a badger control licence application or expression of interest
Natural England has received applications or expressions of interest for a Badger Disease Control Licence within the counties of Avon, Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire & Warwickshire. MoreClosed 19 March 2018 -
Climate change adaptation: proposals for the third round of adaptation reporting
The Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP) set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 provides for the Secretary of State to direct reporting organisations (those with functions of a public nature or statutory undertakers) to report on how they are addressing current and future climate impacts. Reports should detail: the current and future projected impacts of climate change on their organisation; proposals for adapting to climate change; an assessment of progress towards... MoreClosed 26 March 2018 -
Consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care
In the last few years, we have taken a number of measures to address waste crime and poor performance, for example, by giving regulators, Environment Agency in England and Natural Resources Wales, new powers to tackle waste crime on the ground or giving local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping. In 2015, a call for evidence asked for views on a number of measures to tackle waste crime and poor performance at waste sites. We have since worked... MoreClosed 26 March 2018 -
Invasive Non-native Species: Tackling Invasive Non-native Species – A new enforcement regime
Seeking views on a regime to enforce the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation in England and Wales. MoreClosed 3 April 2018 -
Bovine TB: consultation on proposals to introduce licensed badger control to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis in the Low Risk Area (England)
This consultation is part of the Government’s Strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free (OTF) status for England, published in April 2014. We are consulting on a proposal to extend the Strategy to include badger control in the Low Risk Area of England (LRA) in the rare event that disease is present in badgers and is linked with infection in cattle herds. We set out options for badger control, which includes culling, in these circumstances, in order to re-establish a... MoreClosed 15 April 2018 -
Bovine TB: Consultation on revised guidance for licensing badger control areas.
The Guidance to Natural England currently states that only ten new areas may be licensed under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 for badger disease control each year (“the ten area limit”). The proposal on which we seek views is the removal of this limit, allowing Natural England to issue licences to more than ten areas each year. We also want to make it clearer that when deciding how many licences to issue, NE is able to take into account the resources that it has available in order to... MoreClosed 15 April 2018 -
Consultation on the Introduction of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
Defra are seeking your views on the introduction of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018. The proposed regulation has three purposes: it will reinstate enforcement powers to Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Officers (IFCOs) relating to EU technical and other conservation measures that were removed in error in 2015; it will extend IFCO powers so they can directly enforce other EU fisheries conservation measures such as new rules for bass and existing rules for blue fin tuna and... MoreClosed 18 April 2018 -
Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Boundary Variation Project
Natural England is the public body responsible for conserving and enhancing the natural environment in England. One of Natural England’s responsibilities is to decide whether an area should be given special status and protection by designating it as a National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The purpose of AONB designation is to conserve and enhance an area’s natural beauty. AONBs are designated by Natural England using statutory powers in the Countryside and Rights of... MoreClosed 20 April 2018 -
National policy statement for water resources – infrastructure types and sizes
We held our first formal public consultation on the new National Policy Statement for Water Resources in late 2017 which included questions on the type of infrastructure it should apply to. We received a wide range of helpful views and evidence but with no clear consensus on what might be the most effective sizes of infrastructure to include within the Planning Act 2008 definitions. Our first consultation is available here and the summary of responses we received is here for... MoreClosed 26 April 2018 -
Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit
‘ Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit ' sets out the government's ambitions for farming in England and seeks the views of all readers on its proposals. MoreClosed 8 May 2018 -
Open access restriction at Lymington Yacht Haven (marina) case number 2018048630
Natural England is seeking views on proposals that will restrict public access to open access land at this site. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) gives a public right of access to land mapped as ‘open country’ (mountain, moor, heath and down) or registered common land. These areas are known as ‘open access land’. Much of the ‘coastal margin’ of the England Coast Path is also open access land under the same Act. Landowners have the right to apply to the... MoreClosed 9 May 2018 -
A call for evidence on controlling live exports for slaughter and to improve animal welfare during transport after the UK leaves the EU
This call for evidence seeks views and information on all aspects of animal welfare in transport. Once the UK has left the EU, we would like the welfare in transport regulatory regime to reflect scientific and veterinary knowledge. This evidence will help us determine how we’ll meet the commitment to take early steps to control the export of live farm animal for slaughter. MoreClosed 22 May 2018 -
Reducing litter; Proportionate enforcement
This consultation seeks your views on proposals by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to modify the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse to incorporate guidance on the proportionate and effective use of fixed penalties (civil and criminal) against littering and related offences. MoreClosed 8 June 2018 -
Consultation on amendments to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
Defra and the Welsh Government are seeking your views on proposals to make changes to some of the flood risk exemptions and exclusions in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, which has been launched today. The following listed documents are attached below:- consultation letter consultation document salmonid map dated 10 November 2017 We welcome your views and comments on the proposed changes primarily via the online survey. However, if you wish to... MoreClosed 20 June 2018
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