As at 31 March 2017 there were a total of 54 secondments in the department from the Defra group and external organisations.

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) applied for authorisations to use two neonicotinoids to protect oilseed rape crops planted in England t

The Great Repeal Bill will place existing EU laws on a UK legal basis. Parliament will then be free to amend those laws as it sees fit.

I was going to come on to deal with that point.

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) on securing this debate on the welfare of primates.

A general election has now been called by the Prime Minister and in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance governing the pre-election pe

The Government does not collect information on the number of intensive indoor dairy farms operating in the UK.

The UK will automatically assume control of its Exclusive Economic Zone and become an independent Coastal State on the day that it leaves

Ministers and officials in Defra have had regular dialogue with Ministers and officials in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.

The prime purpose of these events was to feed into a 25 year plan for food and farming, as well as feed into future policy options on foo