Sentences with phrase «rural affairs»

Several organisations will appear before the environment, food and rural affairs committee to discuss the contamination of beef products.

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 announcement, made by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones AM, follows a report by an expert Task and Finish...

Scottish rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead has announced the country will ban the growing of genetically modified foods.

So let's give Mr Justice Coulson an eight per cent over base increment in his salary for venturing into the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (LPCD (I) A 1998) in Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2008] EWHC 730 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 191 (Apr) which involved the determination of 17 issues in the second round of preliminary issues in the case.

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William Powell AM, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson, has reiterated his call in the Senedd today for the Welsh Government to use the new Rural Development Plan (RDP) to deliver a dedicated Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme which will target those farming in Moorland areas (defined as the Upland above 400m).

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.»

McIntosh served as chair of the environment, food and rural affairs select committee, but did not stand in the 2015 election after she was deselected by her constituency association.

The announcement, made by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones AM, follows a report by an expert Task and Finish Group, including representatives from both BVA and BSAVA, which reviewed the current legislation and made recommendations to the Government.

As many as 33,841 badgers could be shot over the next year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced yesterday.

Rhodes looks at the central secretariat and industry at the DTI, education in schools under the DfES and central secretariat and rural affairs under DEFRA.

Hillary went on to become secretary of state for international development from 2003 to 2007 and secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs from 2007 to 2010.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said last night: «This Government is, and always has been, committed to building and improving flood defences.

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

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.

[11] In July 2012, after two years as an MP, he was promoted to the Shadow Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as Parliamentary Private Secretary to shadow Secretary of State Mary Creagh [12] Following a reshuffle in October 2013, Evans joined Labour's Shadow Treasury Team as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie.

«Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made to meeting the target to complete the process of closing all landfills by 2009 that will not meet the Landfill Directive requirements.

A massive review of fungi in tap water conducted by the U.K.'s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that mold often grows on the inside of water pipes, and that it and its toxic byproducts can end up in drinking water.

Worcestershire law firm mfg Solicitors has added to its respected agricultural and rural affairs division with the appointment of a farm property and land expert.

As such, Vote Leave attracted some of the most notable pro-Brexit figures in British politics, including former Mayor of London and current Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, as well as his current peer in the Prime Minister's Cabinet, Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Michael Gove.

But Kennedy said: «Nevertheless, at the end of the year our actual 12 month rolling average paid to members was still below the rolling DEFRA [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] UK farm gate average.

Meanwhile, Mr Pedley was joined on the 2018 winners list by agricultural and rural affairs specialist Tom Bell.

Well, one distinct possibility was mentioned near the end of this May 2003 email string, where a woman at the UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs office was alerting Phil Jones to an item that Hans Verolme of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office was pointing out on May 20th:

At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture has been further strengthened by the formation of the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Ministry (ARAM), which will help to promote growth in rural China, as well as supervise agricultural food safety and agribusiness investment management.

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.

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

Shooting is «vital for the fabric of the UK rural economy», the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs Liz Truss MP said at the Conservative Party Conference today.

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.

Chi Onwurah MP mentioned her meeting with the FSB when stressing the importance of rural broadband during Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions.

Richard Benyon has joined the team of shadow ministers for environment, food and rural affairs whilst Crispin Blunt becomes shadow security minister.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sees a 9.6 % cut.

Mr Miliband has used his personal blog on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website to defend the government's record on the countryside, in a post that was later removed amid protests.

Commenting on Michael Gove's speech stating that Farm subsidies «must be earned», Welsh Lib Dem Rural Affairs Spokesperson Cllr William Powell said;

In the first reshuffle after the leadership election, he was appointed Liberal Democrat Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affairs spokesman.

However, the Conservative election pledge to hold a free vote on repeal «early» after polling day has been abandoned, senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted on Friday.

William Powell, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Minister and AM for Mid & West Wales, added:

Earlier this month Hilary Benn the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs lectured farmers on the need for them to produce more food in the UK, in order to combat climate change and feed a growing population.

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Beyond basic subjects such as climate and weather, this site from the U.K. Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs covers a wide range of pressing atmospheric science issues including acid rain, air quality, climate change, global warming and ozone depletion.

For the latest on agriculture - related issues and policies, visit the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Web site.

On Friday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs declared East Anglia to be in drought and said large parts of Wales, the Midlands and southwest and southeast England were on the brink of drought.

This will pay for a new # 150 million Dementia Research Institute and science labs at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs worth # 130 million.