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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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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 (76) Open (3) Closed (73)
Inquiry Type Status Opened Reports Items Response
Land use and nature Inquiry Evidence/session Open 18 Mar 2026 0 0 None
Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy Inquiry Evidence/session Open 20 May 2025 0 0 None
Food supply chain resilience and fairness Inquiry Evidence/session Open 20 Dec 2024 0 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
Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 14 Sep 2023 0 0 None
Urban Green Spaces 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
Fisheries Negotiations Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 10 Jan 2023 0 0 None
Avian Influenza Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 10 Nov 2022 0 0 None
Sealife Mortality off the North East Coast Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 11 Oct 2022 0 0 None
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Progress Update Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 18 Jul 2022 0 0 None
Global Environmental Facility Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 21 Apr 2022 0 0 None
UK Seafood Fund Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 12 Apr 2022 0 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
National Food Strategy Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 8 Sep 2021 0 0 None
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
Work of the Environment Agency Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 11 Jan 2021 0 0 None
Common Framework on Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 11 Nov 2020 0 0 None
Pet Smuggling Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 27 Oct 2020 0 0 None
UK-Norway Framework Fisheries Agreement Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 20 Oct 2020 0 0 None
Government support to the dairy sector during the COVID-19 pandemic Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 1 Jul 2020 0 0 None
Fisheries Negotiations Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 9 Jun 2020 0 0 None
Environmental Land Management scheme Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 9 Jun 2020 0 0 None
The work of DEFRA Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 24 Mar 2020 0 0 None
Agriculture Bill: Trade Standards Non-inquiry session Evidence/session Closed 4 Mar 2020 0 0 None
Environment Bill inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 16 Oct 2019 0 0 None
Beef prices inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 18 Sep 2019 0 0 None
Puppy smuggling inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 25 Jul 2019 0 0 None
The new farming programme inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 10 Jul 2019 0 0 None
Countryside and Environmental Stewardship schemes inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 12 Jun 2019 0 0 None
General licences for controlling wild birds inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 8 May 2019 0 0 None
Work of the Food Standards Agency inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 3 Apr 2019 0 0 None
Farm Inspection and Regulation Review inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 22 Jan 2019 0 0 None
Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of Natural England inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 14 Nov 2018 0 0 None
Is Defra ready for Brexit? inquiry Inquiry Evidence/session Closed 16 Oct 2018 0 0 None

Reports without a committee inquiry 26

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Publications with unresolved business links 1