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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 (86) Open (6) Closed (80)
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
Climate adaptation and emergency response Inquiry Report findings Open 9 Sep 2025 3 67 Response document linked
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
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
Pet welfare and abuse Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Feb 2023 2 28 Response document linked
Soil Health Inquiry Report findings Closed 7 Dec 2022 2 36 Response document linked
Species Reintroduction Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Nov 2022 2 21 Response document linked
Food Security Inquiry Report findings Closed 25 Jul 2022 2 23 Response document linked
Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Environment Agency Pre-appointment hearing Report findings Closed 27 Jun 2022 2 4 No response document linked
Marine Mammals Inquiry Report findings Closed 21 Apr 2022 2 11 Response document linked
Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of Ofwat Pre-appointment hearing Report Closed 5 Apr 2022 1 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
Plastic waste Inquiry Report findings Closed 7 Jul 2021 2 30 Response document linked
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
Moving animals across borders Inquiry Report findings Closed 13 Jan 2021 2 45 Response document linked
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition Inquiry Report findings Closed 4 Dec 2020 2 19 Response document linked
Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair-Designate of the Office for Environmental Protection Pre-appointment hearing Report Closed 3 Dec 2020 2 0 None
Tree Planting and Woodlands Inquiry Report findings Closed 1 Oct 2020 2 16 Response document linked
Public Sector Procurement of Food Inquiry Report findings Closed 18 Jun 2020 2 8 Response document linked
Air Quality Inquiry Report findings Closed 12 Jun 2020 2 20 Response document linked
COVID-19 and food supply Inquiry Report findings Closed 19 Mar 2020 2 26 Response document linked
Labour in the food supply chain Inquiry Report findings Closed 13 Mar 2020 2 12 Response document linked
Flooding Inquiry Report findings Closed 4 Mar 2020 2 35 Response document linked
Rural broadband and digital only services inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 28 May 2019 1 0 None
Coastal flooding and adaptation to climate change inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 19 Mar 2019 1 0 None
Plastic food and drink packaging inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 19 Mar 2019 1 0 None
Draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Feb 2019 1 0 None
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of Natural England inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Feb 2019 4 0 None
Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 20 Dec 2018 2 0 None
Scrutiny of the Fisheries Bill inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 31 Oct 2018 1 0 None
Agriculture Bill inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 12 Sep 2018 1 0 None
Brand Britain: Promoting and Marketing British food and drink inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 8 May 2018 2 0 None
Dangerous Dogs: Breed Specific Legislation inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 8 May 2018 2 0 None
Regulation of the Water Industry inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 8 May 2018 2 0 None
Work of the Rural Payments Agency inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 6 Mar 2018 2 0 None
Work of DEFRA: Health and Harmony inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 1 Mar 2018 2 0 None
Fur trade in the UK inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 6 Feb 2018 2 0 None
Draft Animal Welfare Bill inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 22 Dec 2017 2 0 None
2 Sisters and Standards in Poultry Processing inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 12 Oct 2017 1 0 None
Brexit: Trade in food inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Sep 2017 2 0 None
Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 1 Feb 2017 1 0 None
Post-legislative scrutiny: Flood and Water Management Act 2010 inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 25 Jan 2017 1 0 None
Environment Agency Chair pre-appointment hearing Inquiry Report Closed 26 Aug 2016 1 0 None
Food waste in England inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 15 Jun 2016 1 0 None
Future flood prevention inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 21 Jan 2016 2 0 None

Reports without a committee inquiry 26

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Business also listed for this committee 3

Publications with unresolved business links 1