Food Security appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Lords Chamber on 29 Jun 2026, with 9 speakers contributing 18 speeches.

#Food Security, #Defra, #UK Food Security Report, #Farming, #Farm Profitability, #Food Manufacturing, #Food Prices, #Healthy Food Affordability, #Food Self Sufficiency, #National Resilience, #Solar Farms

Bill Presented appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 29 Jun 2026, with 0 speakers contributing 0 speeches.

#Water Regulation Bill, #First Reading, #Water Regulation, #Water Companies, #Special Administration Orders, #Defra

Hares: Close Season appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Lords Chamber on 24 Jun 2026, with 11 speakers contributing 22 speeches.

#Hare Close Season, #Animal Welfare, #Wildlife Protection, #Hare Coursing, #Defra, #Home Office

Animal Shelters: Regulation of Euthanasia appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Westminster Hall on 24 Jun 2026, with 3 speakers contributing 4 speeches.

#Animal Welfare, #Animal Shelters, #Animal Euthanasia, #Defra

Farming: Financial Sustainability appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Westminster Hall on 24 Jun 2026, with 27 speakers contributing 42 speeches.

#Farming, #Farm Incomes, #Food Security, #DEFRA, #Agricultural Property Relief, #Solar Farms, #Natural England, #Dartmoor

Farming Road Map and Profitability Review appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 24 Jun 2026, with 40 speakers contributing 86 speeches.

#Farming Road Map and Profitability Review, #DEFRA, #Farming, #Food Security, #Sustainable Farming Incentive, #Sustainable Farming, #Ministerial Statement

MPs debated the rise in illegal dumping in housing areas, with particular concern about repeat offenders, rogue waste firms and organised gangs. Ministers said past cuts and weak policy had worsened the problem, especially in poorer communities, and set out plans for more Environment Agency funding, digital waste tracking and tougher enforcement, while MPs pressed for clearer action by councils and regulators and for criminals — not landowners — to bear the cost of clean-up.

#Fly tipping, #Waste Enforcement, #Waste Management, #Environment Agency, #Defra, #Digital Waste Tracking, #Local Authorities, #Housing Associations, #Private Land

Peers pressed ministers over whether current law is strong enough to stop ancient and veteran trees being illegally felled, after cases including the Whitewebbs oak and questions over planning protections in conservation areas. The Government said existing rules can bring unlimited fines and prison, but accepted more may be needed and said it will publish a tree action plan with new recommendations by the end of the year.

#Legal Protections for Ancient Trees, #Ancient and Veteran Trees, #Tree Felling Licences, #Forestry Act 1967, #Forestry Commission, #Defra, #Tree Action Plan, #Whitewebbs Oak, #Tree Planting, #Commercial Timber

MPs questioned how far the UK’s climate and nature partnership with Indonesia will go in practice, pressing ministers on peatland protection, deforestation in UK supply chains, support for small farmers and indigenous communities, and funding for conservation. They also sought clearer safeguards around projects in places such as West Papua and Batang Toru, and asked how new UK deforestation rules can avoid shifting costs onto forest communities.

#Indonesia, #UK Indonesia Relations, #Deforestation, #Sustainable Supply Chains, #Peatlands, #Rainforests, #Biodiversity, #Climate Change, #Indigenous Peoples, #Palm Oil, #International Climate Finance, #FCDO, #Defra

Peers challenged Natural England’s handling of new farm payment agreements that could reduce livestock grazing on Dartmoor, warning of effects on commoners’ rights, rural livelihoods and Dartmoor ponies; the Government denied any planned pony cull and said the Rural Payments Agency is working on a way for common graziers to access support schemes.

Peers challenged ministers over whether England can halt species decline by 2030, citing warnings that targets are off track, poor river and habitat condition, invasive species and bottom trawling; the Government pointed to its updated Environmental Improvement Plan, support for nature-friendly farming, better data and private investment, but gave no new timetable beyond saying marine protection decisions are expected soon.

The Lords questioned how far the Government’s World Ocean Day claims match delivery, focusing on delayed rules needed to ratify the global high seas biodiversity treaty, enforcement of marine protected areas and action on bottom trawling; ministers said Blue Belt protections will expand beyond 4 million square kilometres and aim to bring in bottom-trawling by-laws by the end of 2026.

Lords questioned whether government policy is doing enough for rural Britain, with criticism focused on farm tax changes, falling support payments, labour shortages, poor transport, housing and council funding; ministers said they were backing rural businesses through investment and support for small firms, but no specific new commitment or timetable was recorded.