Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• The Rt Hon Lord Benyon
  Minister of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs)
• The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries)
• Trudy Harrison MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Natural Environment and Land Use)
• Rebecca Pow MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Form a centralised microchip & DNA database for dog breeding, care, and welfare
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  1,187 signatures

• Stop Energy Companies charging more for day time usage when on Economy 7

• Stop Energy Companies charging more for day time usage when on Economy 7
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  25 signatures

• Ban rodent traps that kill or hurt mice and other rodents
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  150 signatures

• Require by law all sports netting to be tied up when not in use
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  12,125 signatures

• Regulate processes that can be used for adoption of animals
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  29 signatures

• Ban the import of foie gras into the UK
  Open from Thursday 10th April 2025 to Friday 10th October 2025
  220 signatures

• Democratically elect National Park Authorities & the Broads Authority
  Open from Thursday 10th April 2025 to Friday 10th October 2025
  70 signatures

• Create a new independent regulatory body for vets
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  1,793 signatures

• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  109,645 signatures

• Reform Dog Laws: Licensing & Mandatory Training Instead of Breed Bans
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  93 signatures

• Base Extended Producer Responsibility fees for packaging on units not weight
  Open from Wednesday 2nd April 2025 to Thursday 2nd October 2025
  48 signatures

• Change law regarding owners giving up their dogs
  Open from Wednesday 2nd April 2025 to Thursday 2nd October 2025
  422 signatures

• Regulate the keeping and breeding of all foxes, both native and non-native
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  70 signatures

• Require landowners to protect public footpaths in areas shared with cattle
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  82 signatures

• Ban lab grown meat for pet food, and do not approve it for human consumption
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  69 signatures

• Make it illegal to use "enriched" cages in farming
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  97 signatures

• Distinguish pets from other types of property in civil and family proceedings
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  5,147 signatures

• Strengthen law on tortoise breeding, ownership and imports
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  37 signatures

• Require air-freighted produce to be labelled as such
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  25 signatures

• Reintroduce the dog licence for dog owners
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  257 signatures

• Ban the residential use of artificial grass
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  3,274 signatures

• Start a government "do not drop litter" campaign
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  1,186 signatures

• Unban the supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  35 signatures

• Introduce legal standards for hedgehog houses
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  218 signatures

• Change the switch back to British Summer Time (BST) to approx 1st March
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  36 signatures

• Promote plant-based foods over meat and dairy for a healthier Britain
  Open from Monday 24th March 2025 to Wednesday 24th September 2025
  30,411 signatures

• Fund making Pet Neutering Free for all animals
  Open from Monday 24th March 2025 to Wednesday 24th September 2025
  56 signatures

• Introduce a right to roam law, also known as the right of responsible access

• Introduce a right to roam law, also known as the right of responsible access
  Open from Wednesday 19th March 2025 to Friday 19th September 2025
  88 signatures

• Introduce compulsory fee based licencing for deer stalking guides.
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  20 signatures

• Create a single, UK-wide exemption certificate for XL Bullies
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  113 signatures

• Stay on Greenwich Mean Time
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  131 signatures

• Ban UK exports of pesticides that are banned on UK farms.
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  62 signatures

• Provide funding to address roadside litter across motorways and towns
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  73 signatures

• To promote animal adoption, ban the sale of cats and dogs
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  61 signatures

• Require social housing providers to allow XL bullies with exemption certificate
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  6,220 signatures

• Require hunting hounds to wear muzzles when on a trail or clean boot hunt
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  92 signatures

• Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun
  Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
  16,882 signatures

• Ban palm oil
  Open from Thursday 6th March 2025 to Saturday 6th September 2025
  174 signatures

• Ban the sale of all rawhide products for pets
  Open from Wednesday 5th March 2025 to Friday 5th September 2025
  78 signatures

• Create a national welfare team to oversee kennels holding seized dogs
  Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
  1,238 signatures

• Ban the suffering, fast-growing 'frankenchicken' breeds
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  105 signatures

• Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  13,080 signatures

• Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack

• Pass a law to ban the addition of iron to food
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  90 signatures

• Ban plastic packaging and use of PFAS in all food-related products
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  137 signatures

• Provide funding to preserve and protect cemeteries around the UK.
  Open from Friday 21st February 2025 to Thursday 21st August 2025
  10,852 signatures

• Review how police deal with dogs, including using tranquiliser guns.
  Open from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Wednesday 20th August 2025
  60 signatures

• Implement Proportional Property-Based Fines for Illegal Fox Hunting.
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  51 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all dogs to be on leads in public places.
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  437 signatures

• Include a "Right to food and water" in the Human Rights Act 1998
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  65 signatures

• Ban the use of all Single-Use Plastics
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  234 signatures

• Seek to Rejoin the EU Pet Passport Scheme
  Open from Tuesday 11th February 2025 to Monday 11th August 2025
  10,612 signatures

• Hold a referendum on banning feed additives used to reduce methane in cattle.
  Open from Monday 10th February 2025 to Sunday 10th August 2025
  52 signatures

• Hold landowners accountable for raptor persecution on their land
  Open from Monday 3rd February 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
  54 signatures

• Reduce paperwork for claiming agricultural subsidies
  Open from Monday 3rd February 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
  23 signatures

• Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
  Open from Friday 31st January 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
  14,991 signatures

• Collect and publish data on companion animal euthanasia
  Open from Wednesday 29th January 2025 to Tuesday 29th July 2025
  1,828 signatures

• Fund vouchers for special dietary foods
  Open from Wednesday 29th January 2025 to Tuesday 29th July 2025
  46 signatures

• Ban greyhound racing
  Open from Wednesday 29th January 2025 to Tuesday 29th July 2025
  433 signatures

• Regulate Ultra Processed Food (UPF) packaging and marketing
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  259 signatures

• Increase maximum animal cruelty punishment from five years to eight years
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  150 signatures

• End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  108,278 signatures

• Protect Driven Grouse Shooting
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  39 signatures

• Stricter regulations on the breeding and sale/adoption of pets
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  70 signatures

• Make onion, garlic and other alliums recognised allergens on food labels
  Open from Wednesday 22nd January 2025 to Tuesday 22nd July 2025
  56 signatures

• Legislate against reselling or giving up young puppies/kittens to a third party
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  136 signatures

• Require coriander be displayed in bold text in all product ingredient lists
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  25 signatures

• Impose a lifetime ban on animal ownership for anyone convicted of animal cruelty
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  16,282 signatures

• Ban the Shaving of 90% of Tail Hair from the Draught Horse Breed.
  Open from Friday 17th January 2025 to Thursday 17th July 2025
  562 signatures

• Amend the Pet Abduction Act to include horses
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  462 signatures

• Regulate small animal breeding
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  227 signatures

• Ban male chick culling in egg production
  Open from Wednesday 15th January 2025 to Tuesday 15th July 2025
  151 signatures

• Introduce a rehoming scheme for banned breeds
  Open from Monday 13th January 2025 to Sunday 13th July 2025
  432 signatures

• Create a primary adoption right for unclaimed stray dogs
  Open from Monday 13th January 2025 to Sunday 13th July 2025
  56 signatures

• Review and mandate DNA testing to end honey fraud and protect real producers.
  Open from Friday 10th January 2025 to Thursday 10th July 2025
  844 signatures

• Require labelling of beef & dairy from cows fed with additives to reduce methane
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  38,000 signatures

• Cap cost of food and pet food prices
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  119 signatures

• Ban the sale of cut-down Christmas trees
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  34 signatures

• Introduce a Statutory Levy on Bookmakers to Fund Greyhound Welfare
  Open from Thursday 2nd January 2025 to Wednesday 2nd July 2025
  4,753 signatures

• Make all types of animal snares illegal in England
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  331 signatures

• Ban Fur Imports into the UK
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  1,186 signatures

• Strengthen suitable environment criteria for dogs under animal welfare act
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  857 signatures

• Require Plant-Based Food Options to be the Default in Public Institutions.
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  87 signatures

• Reform the Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA) 1991: keep the public safe
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  1,498 signatures

• Ban all Fox and Stag Hunting with Dogs - including Trail Hunting
  Open from Thursday 12th December 2024 to Thursday 12th June 2025
  1,501 signatures

• Introduce the mandatory neutering of cats by 6 months of age.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  2,110 signatures

• Ban the sale of caged birds.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  171 signatures

• Ban the use of prong dog collars
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  166 signatures

• Nationalise the UK water industry
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  6,369 signatures

• End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  102,456 signatures

• National measures to prevent people leaving dog faeces on the streets.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  193 signatures

• Increase funding and support for animal rescue and rehabilitation organisations.
  Open from Monday 25th November 2024 to Sunday 25th May 2025
  571 signatures

• Ban driven grouse shooting
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  104,340 signatures

• Update the dangerous dogs act to specifically protect horses
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  20,712 signatures

• Ban Food Allergy Waivers
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  75 signatures

• Ban non-stun slaughter in the UK
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  109,014 signatures

• Stop breed-specific legislation and euthanising banned dogs.
  Open from Monday 18th November 2024 to Sunday 18th May 2025
  184 signatures

• Reduce time & improve conditions for guinea-pigs in quarantine after entering UK
  Open from Friday 15th November 2024 to Thursday 15th May 2025
  167 signatures

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