Consultations older than one year
We no longer retain consultations older than one year from the date of issue within this section of the website. See the table below, contact the relevant business area or Defra Helpline for further information.
| Consultation title | Issued | Deadline for responses | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the definition of municipal waste used in the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS) in England | 28 June 2007 | 21 September 2007 | Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme |
| Implementation proposals of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) | 26 June 2007 | 9 October 2007 | Carbon Reduction Commitment |
| Managing radioactive waste safely: A framework for implementing geological disposal | 25 June 2007 | 2 November 2007 | Managing radioactive waste safely |
| Proposals to improve access to the English coast | 19 June 2007 | 11 September 2007 | Improving access to the English coast |
| Defra’s response to the Eves Review of the Animal Health and Welfare delivery landscape | 14 June 2007 | 12 October 2007 | Delivering and enforcing the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy |
| Environmental Permitting Programme: draft revision of the General Guidance Manual | 12 June 2007 | 4 September 2007 | PPC General Guidance Manual |
| Implementation of the right to apply for orders to extinguish and divert public rights of way | 29 May 2007 | 31 August 2007 | Rights of way |
| Waste Strategy for England 2007: Incentives for Recycling by Households | 24 May 2007 | 16 August 2007 | Waste strategy 2007 |
| Carbon Emissions Reduction Target April 2008 to March 2011 | 23 May 2007 | 15 August 2007 | Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) |
| Sustainable Products Policy Brief, Energy in Use: Consumer Electronics (on Market Transformation Programme website) | 23 May 2007 | 17 August 2007 | Consumer products and the environment |
| Proposals for offences and penalties and enforcement in relation to EC Regulation 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases | 18 May 2007 | 14 August 2007 | Fluorinated gases in the UK |
| Proposals for amendments to The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No 528) and The Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 1510) | 18 May 2007 | 14 August 2007 | UN ozone website |
| Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2007 | 14 May 2007 | 29 May 2007 | Eggs and poultry |
| Guidance to Local Authorities in England and Wales on Climate Change Mitigation and Fuel Poverty (joint with BERR) | 9 May 2007 | 1 August 2007 | Tackling household carbon emissions |
| Activities in the ceramics sector | 4 May 2007 | 29 June 2007 | Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) |
| Reform of the EU fruit and vegetable regime | 30 April 2007 | 7 June 2007 | Horticulture |
| Draft Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007-2013 | 13 April 2007 | 5 July 2007 | RDPE |
| Site waste management plans for the construction industry | 2 April 2007 | 9 July 2007 | Construction waste |
| Merger of the WSSD Implementation (WIF) and Environment for Europe (EfE) funds into the International Sustainable Development Fund (ISDF) | 2 April 2007 | 14 May 2007 | |
| 30th amendment to Council Directive 76/69/EEC regarding restrictions on the marketing and use of Perfluorooctane sulphonates (PFOS) - Directive 2006/122/EC | 30 March 2007 | 28 June 2007 | WSSD Implementation (WIF) Fund and Environment for Europe (EfE) Fund |
| Future regulation of pet cemeteries | 29 March 2007 | 21 June 2007 | Recycling and waste |
| Amendment to the 2001 Cap Wine Regulations | 29 March 2007 | 24 May 2007 | Wine pages |
| Proposed changes to powers to restrict non-essential uses of water | 23 March 2007 | 15 June 2007 | Water |
| Draft Levy Board UK Order 2007 and partial regulatory impact assessment | 14 March 2007 | 6 June 2007 | Levy Board |
| Marine Bill White Paper; A Sea Change | 15 March 2007 | 8 June 2007 | Marine Bill pages |
| Draft Climate Change Bill | 13 March 2007 | 12 June 2007 | Government's response to Pre-Legislative Scrutiny and Public Consultation on the draft Climate Change Bill |
| Enforcement of REACH in the UK | 13 March 2007 | 4 June 2007 | Future EU chemicals policy |
| Improving the production and marketing of apiculture products | 9 March 2007 | 10 April 2007 | Bee health |
| Proposed package of measures relating to the dairy sector | 8 March 2007 | 19 April 2007 | Dairy regime |
| Action to be taken against Diabrotica virgifera (Western corn rootworm) | 5 March 2007 | 29 June 2007 | Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera |
| Non-agricultural diffuse water pollution in England and Wales and mechanisms to deliver Water Framework Directive requirements on hydromorphology | 28 February 2007 | 28 May 2007 | Diffuse pollution of water from non-agricultural sources |
| Operation of the UK National Emission Reduction Plan | 27 February 2007 | 22 May 2007 | Large Combustion Plants Directive (LCPD) |
| Review of the UK Oil Spill Treatment Products Approval Scheme | 15 February 2007 | 11 May 2007 | Oil and chemical spills |
| Proposed amendment of sections 93 and 94 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Street Litter Control Notices Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1324) | 12 February 2007 | 8 May 2007 | Litter |
| Replacement of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2000 | 1 February 2007 | 30 March 2007 | Animal Welfare Act 2006 |
| Fisheries 2027 - towards a contract for the future of marine fisheries | 1 February 2007 | 26 April 2007 | Marine fisheries policy |
| Water metering in areas of water stress | 30 January 2007 | 24 April 2007 | Water industry |
| Proposal for a Single Common Market Organisation for agricultural products | 30 January 2007 | 27 March 2007 | Common Agricultural Policy |
| Power for National Park Authorities to make Traffic Regulation Orders - section 72 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 | 25 January 2007 | 20 April 2007 | National Parks |
| Establishing a voluntary Code of Best Practice for the provision of carbon offsetting to UK customers | 18 January 2007 | 13 April 2007 | Information about carbon offsetting |
| Proposal to extend the current arrangements for the potato starch regime for a further two years | 17 January 2007 | 30 March 2007 | Farming - crops |
| Proposal to amend the Common Market Organisation in the cereals sector | 17 January 2007 | 13 April 2007 | |
| The Commons Act 2006: protection of common land in England | 15 January 2007 | 9 April 2007 | Common land pages |
| Third Environmental Permitting Programme Consultation: on guidance for a streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system | 15 January 2007 | 11 April 2007 | Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) |
| Transposition of Council Directive 2002/99 on Meat Hygiene | 12 January 2007 | 6 April 2007 | Disease surveillance and control |
| New Agricultural Land Tribunals (Rules) Order | 12 January 2007 | 30 March 2007 | Agricultural land tribunals |
| Energy, cost and carbon saving calculations for the draft EEC 2008-11 illustrative mix: Energy Efficiency Commitment 2008-11 | 12 January 2007 | 12 February 2007 | Energy Efficiency Commitment |
| Amendment of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 and the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001 | 29 December 2006 | 31 March 2007 | Water industry |
| UK National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the draft Statutory Instrument on Persistent Organic Pollutants | 20 December 2006 | 19 March 2007 | Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) |
| Proposed Water Framework Directive daughter Directive on Priority Substances and Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment | 20 December 2006 | 16 March 2007 | Water Framework Directive |
| Outcome measures and prioritisation approaches for flood and coastal erosion risk management | 19 December 2006 | 16 March 2007 | Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management |
| Review of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations and the UK Management Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste | 18 December 2006 | 12 March 2007 | International shipments of waste |
| Revised installation level allocations for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme | 18 December 2006 | 13 January 2007 | EU Emissions Trading Scheme Phase II (2008-2012) |
| Proposed Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 | 15 December 2006 | 16 March 2007 | Marine environment |
| Responsibility and cost sharing for animal health and welfare: principles | 11 December 2006 | 12 March 2007 | Responsibility and cost sharing for animal health and welfare |
| Possibilities for better regulation in plant varieties, seeds and seed potatoes | 11 December 2006 | 5 March 2007 | Plant varieties and seeds |
| Options for implementing the Environmental Liability Directive | 1 December 2006 | 16 February 2007 | Environmental Liability |
| Controls on the handling, transfer and transport of waste | 29 November 2006 | 6 March 2007 | Waste legislation and licensing/ Duty of care |
| Draft new Animal Welfare Delivery Strategy | 28 November 2006 | 20 March 2007 | Animal Welfare |
| Amending the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2006 in relation to exempt markets and other minor changes | 22 November 2006 | 14 February 2007 | Bovine TB: Pre-movement testing in England |
| Draft Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007 and Draft The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (England) Regulations 2007 | 21 November 2006 | 16 January 2007 | Animal Welfare Act 2006
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| Government response to the FAWC report on the welfare implications of animal breeding and breeding technologies in commercial agriculture | 15 November 2006 | 12 February 2007 | FAWC website |
| Code of Conduct Statutory Instrument for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Conservation Boards within England | 14 November 2006 | 5 February 2007 | Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
| Measures to reduce carbon emissions in large non-energy intensive business and public sector organisations | 8 November 2006 | 31 January 2007 | Carbon Reduction Commitment pages |
| Draft updated UK national programme in accordance with the National Emissions Ceiling Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council | 3 November 2006 | 26 January 2007 | Defra’s National Emissions Ceiling Directive webpage |
| Administrative burdens in European Agriculture | 2 November 2006 | 21 December 2006 | Partners for success: a farm regulation and charging strategy |
| Enhancements to the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2003 | 1 November 2006 | 1 February 2007 | Pigs identification and tracing |
| Registration of species listed on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 | 1 November 2006 | 16 February 2007 | Bird registration information |
| Koi Herpesvirus (KHV): notification and control arrangements | 31 October 2006 | 30 January 2007 | Fish and shellfish health and disease control |
| Revision to consultation on proposed new Regulations: The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006 | 20 October 2006 | 26 November 2006 | Animal health & welfare |
| Proposed amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (the PPC Regulations) | 16 October 2006 | 13 January 2007 | Pollution prevention & control |
| Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on waste | 12 October 2006 | 5 January 2007 | Recycling and waste |
| Local authority environmental regulation of industrial plant: 2007/08 risk based fees and charges | 11 October 2006 | 5 January 2007 | Local authorities fees and charges schemes for industrial air pollution control |
| Measures of farm income | 6 October 2006 | 8 January 2007 | Farm Business Survey (FBS) |
| Proposals for regulations to amend the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (as amended), to include further licensing exemptions for agricultural waste | 25 September 2006 | 15 December 2006 | |
| Statutory guidance for Natural England on regional planning and associated matters | 14 September 2006 | 6 December 2006 | Natural Environment and Communities Act |
| Environmental Permitting Programme: Second consultation on proposals for creating a streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system | 13 September 2006 | 6 December 2006 | Environmental Permitting Programme |
| Code of Practice for the welfare of poultry at slaughter | 7 September 2006 | 29 November 2006 | Farm animal welfare: slaughter |
| Revision of the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 | 5 September 2006 | 24 November 2006 | Disease control |
| Proposed new Regulations: The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006 | 1 September 2006 | 26 November 2006 | BSE feed controls |
| Proposals to transpose Directive 2004/107/EC (fourth daughter Directive) and consolidate existing air quality legislation with proposed new legislation | 1 September 2006 | 24 November 2006 | EU air quality directives |
| Changes to legislation governing deer management in England and Wales | 29 August 2006 | 24 October 2006 | Wildlife and Countryside - Deer |
| Changes to the packaging regulations (August 2006) | 25 August 2006 | 17 November 2006 | Packaging & Packaging Waste |
| Proposals for increasing the minimum landing size of lobster | 24 August 2006 | 17 November 2006 | Fisheries - Conservation |
| Installation level lists for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme | 21 August 2006 | 16 October 2006 | EU Emissions Trading Scheme |
| New Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) Regulations | 19 August 2006 | 14 November 2006 | Farming |
| New regulations on ecodesign requirements for energy-using products | 16 August 2006 | 29 November 2006 | Climate Change |
| UK’s plans and programmes to meet limit values set in Directive 1999/30/EC of the European Parliament and Council (2006 reporting year) | 15 August 2006 | 10 November 2006 | Air Quality |
| Draft AQEG report: Trends in Primary Nitrogen Dioxide in the UK | 15 August 2006 | 7 November 2006 | Air Quality Expert Group |
| Implementation of the UK National Control Programme for Breeders (Gallus gallus) | 14 August 2006 | 3 November 2006 | Zoonoses |
| Decommissioning Scheme for over 10 metre beam trawlers affected by a possible Area VIIe sole recovery plan | 9 August 2006 | 20 September 2006 | Fisheries |
| Making Space for Water: Environment Agency strategic overview – strengthening our strategic approach to sea flooding and coastal erosion risk management | 7 August 2006 | 31 October 2006 | Making Space for Water |
| Implementation of EU Directive 2003/99/EC - the Zoonoses (Monitoring) Regulations 2006 | 4 August 2006 | 27 October 2006 | Zoonoses |
| Proposals to modify the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 | 2 August 2006 | 13 September 2006 | Fish farming |
| Draft Joint Equality Scheme for Defra | 1 August 2006 | 24 October 2006 | Joint Equality Scheme |
| EU Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of Natural Resources | 1 August 2006 | 24 October 2006 | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| The Energy Efficiency Commitment April 2008 to March 2011 | 31 July 2006 | 23 October 2006 | Energy and climate change |
| British Wool Marketing Board | 31 July 2006 | 23 October 2006 | British Wool Marketing Board |
| Changes to game licensing and game management | 28 July 2006 | 20 October 2006 | Wildlife management and licensing |
| Proposals for managing the exploitation of tope | 27 July 2006 | 20 October 2006 | Sea fisheries - conservation of fish stocks |
| Joint consultation by the FSA, Defra and the Devolved Administrations on the feed and food and the plant health elements of a draft UK National Control Plan (EU Regulation 882/2004) | 27 July 2006 | 20 October 2006 | Food Standards Agency |
| Directive 2005/33/EC relating to the sulphur content of marine fuels - consultation on transposition of the land based elements | 26 July 2006 | 20 October 2006 | Air quality |
| Consolidated approach to the Marketing and Use Directive | 21 July 2006 | 13 October 2006 | Chemicals |
| Seed certification - review of fees in England and Wales | 21 July 2006 | 13 October 2006 | Seed certification |
| Proposals for managing the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in England | 20 July 2006 | 20 October 2006 | GM crops webpage |
| Annual Review of Defra's Exotic Animal Disease Generic Contingency Plan, 2006 | 19 July 2006 | 11 October 2006 | Notifiable diseases |
| Exclusion of certain small emitters in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Phase II | 17 July 2006 | 28 July 2006 | European Union Emissions Trading Scheme |
| Animal health requirements for the movement of circus animals between EU Member States: consultation on the implementation of EU Regulation 1739/2005 | 14 July 2006 | 6 October 2006 | Animal health and welfare |
| Proposed increase in the fee for a pollution application for some dry cleaners | 13 July 2006 | 24 August 2006 | Pollution prevention and control |
| CAP wine reform - European Commission Communication 'Towards a sustainable European wine sector' | 12 July 2006 | 9 October 2006 | Wine - CAP regime and reform |
| Veterinary regulation of quarantine of captive birds from outside the EU, and full cost recovery | 6 July 2006 | 28 September 2006 | Avian quarantine |
| Draft guidance and proposals for the permitted levels of noise under the Noise Act 1996 | 28 June 2006 | 22 September 2006 | Noise |
| Reasonable steps that a labour user should take to check that a labour provider is licensed | 16 June 2006 | 8 September 2006 | Working in farming - gangmasters |
| Promoting an integrated approach to coastal zone management (ICZM) in England | 12 June 2006 | 29 September 2006 | Integrated coastal zone management |
| Amending the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 to permit the use of gas outside of a slaughterhouse | 8 June 2006 | 30 August 2006 | Farmed animal welfare: slaughter |
| Outdoors for All? - Draft Diversity Action Plan | 23 May 2006 | 30 September 2006 | Recreation |
| Proposed amendments to the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (“the PPC regulations”) | 19 May 2006 | 14 July 2006 | Pollution prevention and control |
| Horse passports: new EU proposed Regulation on the identification of horses | 15 May 2006 | 2 June 2006 | Horse tracing and identification |
| Review of the England Forestry Strategy | 10 May 2006 | 9 August 2006 | England Forestry Strategy |
| Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2006 | 8 May 2006 | 30 June 2006 | Marine biodiversity |
| Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 | 8 May 2006 | 30 June 2006 | English and European wildlife |
| The welfare of animals during transport: consultation on the implementation of EU Regulation 1/2005 | 8 May 2006 | 31 July 2006 | Animal welfare in transport |
| Increase in maximum weight of cereal seed lots (excluding maize) - consequential amendment of the Cereal Seed (England) Regulations 2002 | 3 May 2006 | 2 June 2006 | Plant varieties and seeds |
| Proposal for a Commission Directive on restrictions on the Marketing and Use of Mercury in certain measuring devices | 28 April 2006 | 21 July 2006 | Chemicals |
| Draft second edition of IPPC SG5 in the A2 galvanising sector | 21 April 2006 | 16 June 2006 | Pollution prevention and control |
| Future structure of the Organic Conversion Information Service (OCIS) in England | 11 April 2006 | 3 July 2006 | Organic farming |
| Review of the Air Quality Strategy – options for further improvements in air quality | 5 April 2006 | 11 July 2006 | Air quality strategy |
| Proposed voluntary reporting scheme for engineered nanoscale materials | 31 March 2006 | 23 June 2006 | Nanotechnology |
| UK ship recycling strategy | 30 March 2006 | 22 June 2006 | Ship recycling strategy |
| Marine Bill | 29 March 2006 | 23 June 2006 | Marine Bill |
| EU Emissions Trading Scheme Phase II (2008-2012) - UK Draft National Allocation Plan | 28 March 2006 | 23 May 2006 | EU Emissions Trading Scheme |
| Review of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No.1774/2002 | 22 March 2006 | 28 April 2006 | Animal by-products |
| Hedgerows Regulations 1997: supplementary consultation 2006 | 22 March 2007 | 14 June 2007 | Hedgerows |
| EU Directive on Promotion of Cogeneration (Combined Heat and Power) in the Internal Energy Market | 20 March 2006 | 14 April 2006 | Energy supply: CHP |
| Policy for the long term management of solid low level radioactive waste in the UK | 28 February 2006 | 31 May 2006 | Low level radioactive waste |
| Arrangements for incorporation of additional income support arising from reform of the EU Sugar Regime into the Single Payment Scheme | 27 February 2006 | 21 April 2006 | Farming: crops - sugar |
| New uplands rewards structure (Rural Development Programme 2007-2013) | 27 February 2006 | 22 May 2006 | Uplands |
| Next Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013 | 27 February 2006 | 22 May 2006 | Rural Development Programme for England 2007 - 2013 |
| Proposed Catchment Sensitive Farming Capital Grants Scheme | 27 February 2006 | 19 May 2006 | Catchment Sensitive Farming programme |
| Options for creating a streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system | 20 February 2006 | 15 May 2006 | Environmental permitting programme |
| England and Wales contingency plan for exotic pests and diseases of honey bees | 20 February 2006 | 12 May 2006 | Bee health |
| Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 - review of the regulatory approach to some ‘Part B’ activities | 16 February 2006 | 19 May 2006 | Pollution prevention and control |
| Review of England's Waste Strategy | 14 February 2006 | 9 May 2006 | Waste strategy review |
| Plans to implement Council Directive 2005/94/EC on the control of avian influenza | 13 February 2006 | 28 April 2006 | Avian influenza |
| Proposed Government Response to Review of the Sea Fish Industry Authority | 10 February 2006 | 5 May 2006 | SFIA information on Defra site |
| System of administrative penalties for fisheries offences | 9 February 2006 | 5 May 2006 | Sea fisheries |
| Review of Licensing Fees for the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 Part ll (FEPA) (England & Wales) | 8 February 2006 | 3 May 2006 | Marine environment |
| Water Resources Management Regulations | 31 January 2006 | 25 April 2006 | Water resources |
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