https://www.water.org.uk/news-item/water-uk-response-to-the-strategic-policy-statement/ Defra ‘Ofwat must ensure that England’s water industry is doing more to protect the environment, the Government has announced today (2 February) as it set out its priorities for the regulator over the next five years. The new Strategic Policy Statement (SPS), which will be set by the Government and formally laid in Parliament […]
UK partnership launched to tackle agricultural challenges George Eustice launched a new partnership to foster collaborative working on shared agricultural issues. The UK Government has today launched the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP), a new forum which will bring together stakeholders from across the UK to identify and improve collaborative working on shared issues facing the […]
From Defra The Water Services Division at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a research report which concludes that the overall picture generated by the research is that it is “both rare and challenging” to achieve a strategic approach to surface water management through the planning system. Introducing the research report, DEFRA said […]
From Defra New statistics show the number of designated bathing waters meeting strict quality standards is the highest since 2015. Read more here and download the Bathing water quality compliance reports here.
Defra ‘On 18 January, Defra’s Environment Minister Rebecca Pow MP gave the keynote speech to the Coastal Futures 2022 conference. This series of conferences on coastal and marine environment issues has been running since 1994. In her speech Minister Pow gave an outline of the various pieces of work which Defra Group is delivering to […]
From Defra The document sets out our environment and climate ambitions for the 3 new, complementary environmental land management schemes: the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery. It covers intended outcomes, including: bringing soil under sustainable management reducing agricultural emissions woodland creation halting the decline in species reducing the main agricultural pollutants […]
Report from Defra and Drinking Water Inspectorate on the quality of all individual supplies of drinking water that exceed 1,000 cubic meters a day or serve more than 5,000 people in England. This report is published every 3 years and demonstrates the high quality of drinking water in England. Around 99% of the population receive […]
Defra – MMO ‘The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 retained and amended the Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU). This means that revised measures on vessels catching European Seabass are to be introduced on 31 December 2021. The bass control measures described implement measures designed to manage fishing effort to […]