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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Scrutinises Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 198 reports 700 conclusions & recs 61 reports with response document linked 137 without response document linked

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Committee work 175 matching items

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Type All work · 175 Has published report · 86 Has conclusions or recs · 25 Findings, no response link · 1 Evidence or correspondence only · 76 Open, no report yet · 3
Status All (175) Open (9) Closed (166)
Session 2026-27 · 3 2024-26 · 6 2023-24 · 2 2022-23 · 7 2021-22 · 5 2019-21 · 8 2019-19 · 1 2017-19 · 16 2016-17 · 5 2015-16 · 4 2014-15 · 10 2013-14 · 8 2010-12 · 14
Inquiry Type Status Opened Reports Items Response
Land use and nature Inquiry Evidence/session Open 18 Mar 2026 0 0 None
Climate adaptation and emergency response Inquiry Report findings Open 9 Sep 2025 3 67 Response document linked
Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy Inquiry Evidence/session Open 20 May 2025 0 0 None
Fisheries and the marine environment Inquiry Report findings Open 23 Jan 2025 2 27 Response document linked
Biosecurity and animal welfare Inquiry Report findings Open 9 Jan 2025 8 113 Response document linked
Food supply chain resilience and fairness Inquiry Evidence/session Open 20 Dec 2024 0 0 None
Reforming the water sector Inquiry Report findings Open 19 Dec 2024 4 54 Response document linked
The future of farming Inquiry Report findings Open 6 Dec 2024 2 18 Response document linked
Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies Inquiry Report Open 6 Nov 2024 1 0 None
Flooding Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 31 Jan 2024 0 0 None
Vet shortages Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 17 Jan 2024 0 0 None
Urban Green Spaces Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 14 Sep 2023 0 0 None
Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 14 Sep 2023 0 0 None
Thames Water Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 4 Jul 2023 0 0 None
UK trade policy: food and agriculture Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 7 Jun 2023 0 0 None
Tenant Farmers Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 24 May 2023 0 0 None
Fairness in the food supply chain Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 9 May 2023 0 0 None
Resources and Waste provisional Common Framework Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 23 Mar 2023 0 0 None
Work of the Environment Agency Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 20 Feb 2023 0 0 None
Pet welfare and abuse Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Feb 2023 2 28 Response document linked
Fisheries Negotiations Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 10 Jan 2023 0 0 None
Soil Health Inquiry Report findings Closed 7 Dec 2022 2 36 Response document linked
Avian Influenza Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 10 Nov 2022 0 0 None
Species Reintroduction Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Nov 2022 2 21 Response document linked
Sealife Mortality off the North East Coast Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 11 Oct 2022 0 0 None
Food Security Inquiry Report findings Closed 25 Jul 2022 2 23 Response document linked
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Progress Update Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 18 Jul 2022 0 0 None
Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Environment Agency Pre-appointment hearing Report findings Closed 27 Jun 2022 2 4 No response document linked
Global Environmental Facility Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 21 Apr 2022 0 0 None
Marine Mammals Inquiry Report findings Closed 21 Apr 2022 2 11 Response document linked
UK Seafood Fund Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 12 Apr 2022 0 0 None
Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of Ofwat Pre-appointment hearing Report Closed 5 Apr 2022 1 0 None
DEFRA Common frameworks Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 9 Mar 2022 0 0 None
Joint Fisheries Statement Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 23 Feb 2022 0 0 None
Import check readiness Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 24 Jan 2022 0 0 None
Fisheries negotiation outcome Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 17 Jan 2022 0 0 None
Work of Defra Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 10 Jan 2022 0 0 None
Farming rules for water Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 24 Nov 2021 0 0 None
Rural mental health Inquiry Report findings Closed 16 Nov 2021 2 31 Response document linked
Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture Inquiry Report findings Closed 9 Nov 2021 2 16 Response document linked
Labour shortages in the food and farming sector Inquiry Report findings Closed 15 Sep 2021 2 15 Response document linked
National Food Strategy Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 8 Sep 2021 0 0 None
Plastic waste Inquiry Report findings Closed 7 Jul 2021 2 30 Response document linked
Animals Abroad Bill Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 30 Jun 2021 0 0 None
Air Quality: follow up Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 28 Jun 2021 0 0 None
Work of the Interim Office for Environmental Protection Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 28 Jun 2021 0 0 None
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 27 May 2021 0 0 None
Trade and Agriculture Commission Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 26 Mar 2021 0 0 None
Seafood and Meat Exports to the EU Inquiry Report findings Closed 27 Jan 2021 2 13 Response document linked
COVID-19 and food supply: follow up Inquiry Report findings Closed 14 Jan 2021 2 12 Response document linked

Reports without a committee inquiry 26

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Business also listed for this committee 3

Publications with unresolved business links 1