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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture , fisheries and rural communities in the entire United Kingdom.
The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Overall lead Minister for the agri-food chain, and lead Minister for the Union and Levelling Up relating to Defra issues Lead for Rural Payments Agency, Animal Health Development Board, Fera, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marine Management Organisation and relationship with the Food Standards Agency
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Prior to Brexit, the RPA delivered the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments to farmers and traders in England, paying out over £2 billion in subsidies each year. [1]
Defra, the government body responsible for farming, said "Our farm animals are protected by robust animal health and welfare laws, which includes detailed requirements on how meat chickens should ...
The secretary of state for the environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment (DoE). Today, its responsibilities are carried out by the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs and the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
The UK’s farming community and the Labour government remain locked in deadlock after hundreds of angry farmers drove their tractors on Westminster. On the day a stark report from Defra revealed ...
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