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  • Consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Rural Development Programme – Environmental Report

    Defra is undertaking a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the proposed new Rural Development Programme in England. This considers the impacts of the programme on the environment. To undertake this assessment a consultation on an Environmental Report is being published for consultation. A copy of the draft Rural Development Programme is also published alongside this document. The Environmental Report presents an assessment of the proposed Rural Development Programme in... More
    Closed 9 April 2014

  • Abstraction Reform

    Water Minister Dan Rogerson introducing the consultation on reforming the water abstraction management system: The impacts of abstracting water directly from rivers or aquifers can be wide-ranging. It can affect the environment, including important nature conservation sites, and public access to rivers for leisure purposes. Water is vital to the economy, for example, to generate power, run industries and grow food. Access to clean, safe and secure water supplies is... More
    Closed 28 March 2014

  • Consultation on the transposition in England and Wales of Articles 14(5)-(8) of the energy efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU)

    The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED – 2012/27/EU) was adopted on 25 October 2012. It updates the EU’s legal framework for energy efficiency, pursuing the target of saving 20% of the EU’s primary energy consumption by 2020, and of making further energy efficiency improvements after 2020. The Directive also repeals and replaces the Energy Services Directive (ESD – 2006/32/EC) as well as the Cogeneration Directive (2004/8/EC). The EED provides specific actions to implement some of... More
    Closed 21 March 2014

  • Meat Products (England) Regulations 2014

    This consultation is on the Government’s plans to revoke the Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003 (MPR 2003) and replace them with revised Meat Products (England) Regulations 2014 (MPR 2014). The aim is to retain the important consumer protections offered by the MPR 2003 whilst bringing the regulations into line with European legislation. The intent of the MPR 2014 is to ensure that meat products produced in England meet certain ingredient criteria. Business and consumer groups,... More
    Closed 6 March 2014

  • Coastal access: Isle of Wight

    A Consultation on an order for the Isle of Wight under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 was published by Defra on 24 July 2012. The consultation sought views on whether or not the Government should make an order under section 300(2)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 so that the coastal access duty under that Act would apply in relation to the coast of the Isle of Wight. A Summary of responses to the consultation was published on 16 July 2013 which said: The Government... More
    Closed 24 January 2014

  • Red Tape Challenge: Alternatives to Waste Transfer Notes and other Aspects of Waste Regulations

    The Red Tape Challenge stated that it is burdensome for some small businesses to fill in Waste Transfer Notes. In response the Government is proposing greater flexibility around Waste Transfer Notes as well as making two minor amendments to legislation relating to waste carrier registration and enforcement. The Consultation proposes; Clarifying the use of alternative documentation to record the written description of waste currently recorded on Waste Transfer Notes; ... More
    Closed 20 January 2014

  • Glass Packaging Recycling: Proposed changes to Business Target

    This consultation seeks your views on proposals by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, to amend the glass recycling business target in the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013. New evidence indicates that the... More
    Closed 17 January 2014

  • Balance of Competences: Fisheries

    This call for evidence on fisheries is part of the UK Government’s Review of the Balance of Competences between the UK and the European Union. The Review will provide an informed and objective analysis of what EU membership means for the UK and our national interest. This report, led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, examines the EU’s competence (power to act) for a common fisheries policy, fisheries management and aquaculture. The report examines the scope of... More
    Closed 13 January 2014

  • National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights: Consultation on revision of fees to achieve full cost recovery for statutory services

    This consultation concerns fees for National Listing of new varieties and UK Plant Breeders’ Rights. Defra is carrying out the consultation for the UK on behalf of the Devolved Administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The policy objective under consultation is to increase fees for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights to recover the full cost from businesses using the services and to remove the cost to the taxpayer. There are three options under consideration:... More
    Closed 10 January 2014

  • Proposals for new bovine TB control measures: tackling transmission between cattle herds

    Defra is inviting views from stakeholders on proposals for new control measures to further reduce the risk of bovine TB transmission between cattle herds. We would welcome views from any individual or organisation that would be affected by, or are otherwise interested in, these proposals. The proposed new control measures are based on sound disease control principles, seek to build on the changes implemented in 2012 and 2013 and, if adopted, will reinforce the accelerated bovine TB... More
    Closed 10 January 2014

  • Thames Tideway Tunnel: Draft Reasons for Specifying the Project as a Specified Infrastructure Project and Issuing a Preparatory Work Notice

    We are seeking views on the draft reasons for specifying the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel as a Specified Infrastructure Project. This includes the draft reasons for issuing a Preparatory Work Notice for Thames Water Utilities Ltd. More
    Closed 6 January 2014

  • Call for Views: Draft UK Report on the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

    Decision I/5 on reporting requirements of the Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Releases and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) requires that Parties to the Protocol prepare a national implementation report. The Decision further requires that the report be prepared in consultation with the public. The draft report which is attached to this consultation has been prepared by Defra in consultation with the devolved administrations. We seek views on the content of the draft report including the public's... More
    Closed 6 January 2014

  • Reform of FRC Statutory Governance Structure

    Reform of the governance, structure and operation of the Farriers Registration Council, the statutory regulator for the farriery profession Overview: This consultation presents our evidence to date on the importance of the Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 (FRA) and the need to remedy a number of deficiencies within it. It also outlines selected options to assist Farriers Registration Council (FRC), in its role as the statutory regulator of the farriery profession, to overcome some... More
    Closed 23 December 2013

  • Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2014/15 Fees and Charges

    The purpose of this consultation is to review the prescribed fees and charging schemes in England which specify the fees and charges to be levied by local authorities (LAs) to recover their full costs in undertaking their functions under regulation 65 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (EPR). It relates to the charges that local LAs are required to levy upon the roughly 19,000 businesses subject to two industrial pollution control regimes they enforce. The... More
    Closed 18 December 2013

  • Strategic Environmental Assessment

    Defra is undertaking a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the proposed new Rural Development Programme in England. This considers the impacts of the programme on the environment. To undertake this assessment a consultation on ‘the scope and level of detail of the information’ that is likely to be required to assess the programme must be carried out with relevant ‘consultation bodies’ who, by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities, are likely to be... More
    Closed 5 December 2013

  • CAP Consultation

    Consultation scope 1.1 The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is in the final stages of EU negotiation. We will continue to work closely with other Member States, the European Commission and European Parliament on the remaining detail. Ahead of that, it is important that we consider what the new CAP means for England. This will ensure we are well prepared for implementation in 2015. It will also ensure we have a CAP that supports English farming and helps deliver the... More
    Closed 28 November 2013

  • Consultation on proposed enforcement arrangements for updated EU marketing standards on olive oil

    The purpose of this consultation is to seek your views on the enforcement arrangements we propose to put in place to implement recently updated EU marketing standards on olive oil. The EU marketing standards on olive oil detail the different categories of oil; specify the methods of analysis to be used to confirm the category of oil; specify member State control requirements; and outline labelling requirements. The marketing standards are outlined in EU regulations that are... More
    Closed 22 November 2013

  • Revision to marine licensing fees and charges

    We are seeking your views on proposals to revise the fees structure for marine licensing as operated by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of the Secretary of State. These proposals seek to recover a higher proportion of the costs the MMO incurs in dealing with marine licensing applications whilst at the same time minimising the impacts on businesses through efficiency measures and, for certain smaller projects by providing a public subsidy. More
    Closed 19 November 2013

  • Biodiversity Offsetting in England

    This consultation accompanies ‘Biodiversity Offsetting in England’ a consultation document published on 5 September 2013. This document sets out options for the Government’s proposed biodiversity offsetting system and poses questions about how the system may best operate. This online survey is your chance to provide feedback on the document. England faces the twin challenges of growing its economy and improving its natural environment. We will not achieve these goals unless our... More
    Closed 7 November 2013

  • Consultation on the Brendon Commons Council Establishment Order

    Consultation to establish whether there is substantial support for the order which would establish the Brendon Commons Council. More
    Closed 3 November 2013

  • Offical Veterinarian Training, Appointment and Assurance Changes

    Changes to the Official Veterinarian Training, Appointments and Assurance Private Veterinary Surgeons appointed as Official Veterinarians (OVs) are a vital part of the GB veterinary service undertaking statutory work on behalf of the Competent Authorities to safeguard the national interest. This role extends safeguarding the health and welfare of the animals under their care and meeting the needs of both their private and commercial clients. All official veterinary functions are... More
    Closed 31 October 2013

  • Consultation on the abolition of Food from Britain

    Food from Britain (FFB) was a Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body which promoted UK food exports between 1983 and 2009. Although FFB closed its operations in March 2009 and no longer functions as a public body, the legislation which established FFB is still in place. The government proposes to repeal this legislation, thereby enabling FFB to be formally dissolved in law. More
    Closed 31 October 2013

  • Draft Noise Action Plans

    The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on three draft Noise Action Plans for roads (including major roads), railways (including major railways) and agglomerations (large urban areas). These Action Plans have been prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to meet the terms of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, which transpose the Environmental Noise Directive (END). The END requires Member States to produce strategic... More
    Closed 29 October 2013

  • Aarhus National Implementation Report

    The UK is a Party to the Aarhus Convention, a UNECE treaty which provides for access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters. As part of its obligations under the Convention, the UK is required to produce a National Implementation Report once every three years. We are currently preparing the text for the next report, which is to be submitted for consideration in 2014. This Report covers the procedures and mechanisms... More
    Closed 25 October 2013

  • Triennial Review of the Marine Management Organisation

    The Triennial Review of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launched on 10 September 2013. As an executive non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), the MMO is required to undergo a Triennial Review to ensure that it is still needed as an individual NDPB and that it is operating in compliance with the principles of good corporate governance. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) was established on 1 April 2010 with a remit to make a significant contribution to sustainable development... More
    Closed 11 October 2013

  • Survey: Length of the bathing season in England

    The closing date of the survey on the length of the bathing season in England has been extended from 30 September until 8 October. The Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC, revised by 2006/7/EC) sets standards for bathing water quality across Europe. In England the Directive applies from 15 May to 30 September, and this is known as the bathing season. During the bathing season, water quality at designated bathing waters is monitored by the Environment Agency for compliance with the... More
    Closed 8 October 2013

  • Consultation on abolition of the Committee on Agricultural Valuation

    The Government has made a commitment to reduce the number of unnecessary public bodies. The Committee on Agricultural Valuation is a defunct body, which has not met for several years. Its functions are now carried out by the Tenancy Reform Industry Group (TRIG), a non-statutory organization. Therefore the Government is proposing to abolish the Committee. More
    Closed 7 October 2013

  • Consultation on the Waste Prevention Programme for England

    Prior to finalising the Waste Prevention Programme for England the Government is seeking views on the proposed vision, priorities, metrics and roles which aim to reduce the amount of waste produced across the economy. The findings from this exercise will be used to inform the final Programme, which will be published along with a summary of evidence by the end of 2013. The Devolved Administrations are developing their own Waste Prevention Programmes which will be published separately. The... More
    Closed 23 September 2013

  • Review of Local Air Quality Management in England

    The purpose of this consultation is to invite discussion on the best way to address shortcomings identified in Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) delivery in England. LAQM has been in place since 1997. While it has greatly improved our knowledge of the sources and extent of air pollution it has proved difficult to quantify the impacts and effectiveness of measures introduced to improve air quality and very few authorities have been able to revoke any Air Quality Management Areas as... More
    Closed 13 September 2013

  • The Waste Management Plan for England

    The revised Waste Framework Directive 2008 (Directive 2008/98/EC) requires Member States to produce one or more waste management plans which cover, alone or in combination, the geographical territory of the Member State concerned. This consultation is on a Waste Management Plan for England. The content of the Plan is determined by the requirements of Article 28 of the Directive. The Plan is a compilation of existing waste management information and policies. In particular, it... More
    Closed 9 September 2013
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