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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
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Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
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Department Debates
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Lords initiatives
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Latest 6 Written Questions
(View all written questions)6 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Earl of Caithness's Defra questions)Defra is responsible for woodlands in England, and we are considering how to go further to reduce the impacts of grey squirrels and deer on our woodlands. We recognise the pressure on new and existing woodlands from the increasing damage caused by over-foraging of young trees and woodland flora by wild deer and from squirrels stripping bark from trees. In England this damage is primarily from grey squirrels due to their prevalence. As part of routine policy development, the department regularly engages with a variety of stakeholders, including the UK Squirrel Accord and the Deer Initiative Partnership.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
The European Commission has proposed to adopt a new, less restrictive, regulation for the marketing of plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (NGTs) and their use for food and feed. An approach similar to that used in the Precision Breeding Act.
The proposal is still under consideration in the European Council and its contents are subject to change.
We will continue to monitor progress in the EU to understand implications for trade, including in the context of the Government's commitment to seek to negotiate a veterinary / Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
The Secretary of State has recently announced that the secondary legislation necessary to implement the Precision Breeding Act for plants in England will be laid by the end of March.
Defra is also considering the animal welfare framework outlined in the Precision Breeding Act.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We are considering how to go further to reduce the impacts of grey squirrels on our woodlands and will have an update in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We are considering how to go further to reduce the impacts of deer on our woodlands and will have an update in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)