Sentences with phrase «dem rural affairs»

The second JR concerns the decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to grant a revised water discharge consent for the Company's exploration site.

The Chemical Industries Association has today written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ask the Government

There will be an Asia startup conference at COEX, Seoul, South Korea for 3 days from Nov. 30 — Dec. 2, 2017, hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and organized by 500VOLT TWO Inc, Brandcook, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large & Small Business, Rural Affairs, Korea Business Incubation Association, Korean Venture Capital Market.

More than seven billion plastic bags were handed out by seven main retailers in 2014, but this figure dropped to just over half a billion in the first six months of this year after the 5p charge was introduced in October last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

Other appointments include Michael Fallon as Secretary of State for Defence and Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is a UK Government Department.

A report on the Northern Ireland dairy industry relating to greenhouse gas emissions has been released by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Owen Patterson, feels pretty strongly about it as well.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Minister George Eustice has officially opened an # 8.5 million bottling line at Accolade Park, Europe's largest wine warehouse and distribution centre in Bristol.

This would help avoid further distress at farmer and processor level and would be a positive way in which DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) can help the UK industry.»

The Greens said it would refer the allegations to a Senate inquiry on the country's working visa system, and Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs Joel Fitzgibbon tweeted «retailers will need to do better than cite unenforced & unaudited codes & agreements».

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee announced its plans to carry out an inquiry aimed at bridging the gap between retail prices and production prices...

ACO is accredited to the South Korean organic standard for raw and processed food, livestock and livestock feed certification and provides organic certification in accordance with the Korean regulations administrated by the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have published letters written to Michael Gove MP, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary of State (DEFRA) and Greg Clark MP, Secretary for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), strongly endorsing our position and demanding progress on the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).

Speaking at the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania yesterday, Joost Korte, Deputy Director General for Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Brussels, said «measures are being prepared to address that issue.»

Earlier this week, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee called for protection provided against major retailers by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) yo be extended to all dairy farmers and small - scale producers.

In November 2013, the average UK milk price stood at 34.55 pence per litre (ppl), according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

According to Wales» Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, the Dairy Sector Supply Chain Efficiency project will «provide the dairy industry in Wales with the information and learning opportunities required to improve the dairy supply chain in terms of efficiency, sustainability and added value.»

Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced a 25 point plan to support the Scottish dairy industry.

According to Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead, Scotland's dairy sector could reap the benefits if the EU extends country of origin labelling to dairy products.

The UK Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs notes that disposable diapers create approximately 40 percent more damage to the environment than cloth diaper alternatives.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has instructed civil servants not to publicise the conclusions of the # 50,000 nappy research project and to adopt a «defensive» stance towards its conclusions.

Thursday Questions — Environment, food and rural affairs, church commissioners, public accounts commission and the speaker's committee on the electoral commission Business Statement - Leader of the House Business - Proceedings on the supply and appropriation main estimates bill Adjournment - Female genital mutilation among at - risk girls - Jane Ellison

The figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reveal an increase of 7.1 per cent for domestic flights and 5.7 per cent for international flights.

Managers at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are facing suspicion they are discriminating against disabled staff.

Thursday Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Business statement - Leader of the House Adjournment debate — VAT on static caravans

The Prince, a passionate advocate of environmental issues, met ministers at the Department for Energy and Climate Change seven times and those at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs five times, the Mail newspaper reported.

For rural affairs, I would definitely have someone from Norfolk because I hate the way politicians parachute some Kensington - inner - city - London - babe, who happens to own a pair of Hunters, into Downham Market or somewhere like that.

The rural affairs minister, Alun Michael, introduced a new hunting bill in December 2002 which would ban stag hunting and hare coursing and introduce a system of licensing for fox hunting.

North joined Tesco in 2001 from 10 Downing Street, where he had been Tony Blair's private secretaryand a specialist in rural affairs.

Rice's proposal include creating a 311 line so residents in less - populated regions of the state can get legal help, appointing a deputy attorney general for rural affairs and visiting all 62 counties of the state during her first her in office, if she's elected.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched a consultation on the future of farming — Health and harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.

This week we met with Liz Truss, MP, Minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and Rob Wilson, MP, Minister for Civil Society, to discuss with other food manufacturers and retailers how we could further support food redistribution in the UK.

But the House of Commons» Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee chair Neil Parish said: «Councils in the dozens of other English cities currently exceeding EU pollution limits must also be given the option of using such powers if their communities support action.»

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) refused to confirm what would be in the Queen's speech - which sets out legislation for the coming year - but said ministers were looking at «all the options» on climate change.

In the closing stages of the debate, minister for rural affairs Dr Therese Coffey reaffirmed the government's manifesto commitment that it has no intention to ban driven grouse shooting.

With this in mind the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has outlined plans for a # 3.9 billion investment in rural developments in England - with plans to see businesses, jobs and services in the countryside flourish.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs» (Defra) 2015 Food Pocket Book supplies some headline figures about where our food comes from.

Rural Affairs Rural businesses are suffering during the economic downturn like their urban counterparts.

The reappointment of the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP as Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been welcomed by the UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

The deaths of all but 120 of the badgers being culled will be checked by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs via a phone call to the marksmen - a move animal welfare groups has responded to with disbelief.

The environment, food and rural affairs committee recently recommended that the government publish Brexit impact assessments on a range of agricultural areas before it releases any legislation on what the sector will look like after Brexit.

In her first session at the despatch box 48 hours after joining the Cabinet, Truss said she had decided to progress with the government's two culling pilots this autumn after speaking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs» (Defra) scientific adviser.

Since 2010 she has been shadow secretary for environment, food and rural affairs, transport, and more recently international development.

He served as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office, the Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry, the Department of Trade and Industry and finally in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Is your issue concerning Health, Housing, Local Government, Education, Economic Development, Transport, Rural Affairs, Arts, Sports and Culture?

Lidington became a member of the Shadow Cabinet in May 2002, replacing Ann Winterton as Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (later Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) after she resigned.

The Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael has said the Government would neither «oppose nor support» an application from the Countryside Alliance to delay the implementation of the ban on fox hunting.

BASC submitted a detailed response ahead of Parliamentary hearing for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry into tourism's role in supporting rural growth in England.

With his roots in the rural community, he is well placed to speak for us on the environment agriculture and rural affairs.