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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• Require a licence to buy a weed burner because of the potential fire risk
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  15 signatures

• Protect our wildlife - ban driven grouse shooting
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  449 signatures

• Ban fast food companies from using disposable packaging for advertising
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  81 signatures

• Ban all advertising of alcoholic drinks
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  58 signatures

• Require all owners/occupiers of premises to keep their premises free of litter
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  259 signatures

• Ban the sale of animals on social media sites, including “Free to good home”
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  90 signatures

• Add fruit allergies to allergen requirements for food businesses
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  35 signatures

• Ban all extraction of peat for horticulture by 2022.
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  84 signatures

• End UK subsidies to the fishing industry
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  102 signatures

• Ban all fishing in UK waters, except rod and line, for 5 years.
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  96 signatures

• Put a ban on factory farming
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  3,029 signatures

• Review the Regulation of Odour Management of Landfill Sites
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  12,029 signatures

• Require microchip numbers in all dog sale adverts
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  102 signatures

• Ban sale and use of animal traps that cause damage or death to the animal.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  182 signatures

• Ban the sale and possession of shark fin in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,613 signatures

• Require refundable deposits on drinks cans and bottles.
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  2,308 signatures

• End provision of agricultural subsidies for managed grouse moorland in England
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  23 signatures

• Ban battery rabbit farming
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  2,756 signatures

• Regulate dog trainers and dog behaviourists
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  79 signatures

• Make the removal of coarse fish illegal from rivers and waterways
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  251 signatures

• Ban Animal Testing - Fund, accept & promote alternatives to animal testing
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  235,886 signatures

• Ban Water Companies discharging raw sewage into water courses.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  111,428 signatures

• Increase penalties for the owners of dangerously out of control dogs
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  272 signatures

• Remove the otter’s protected species status
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  5,318 signatures

• Immediately end all animal agriculture subsidies in the UK
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  1,135 signatures

• Ban the use of super trawlers in UK waters
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  183 signatures

• More funding & legal changes to improve, preserve and protect salmon & sea trout
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  28 signatures

• Review and reform laws on the private keeping of Dangerous Wild Animals (DWA)
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  7,089 signatures

• Establish a permanent UK climate citizens assembly
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  128 signatures

• Make it mandatory to label products as Vegan or Non-Vegan
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  85 signatures

• Ban plastic bags illegal and require the use of biodegradable bags instead
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  51 signatures

• Amend legislation relating to dogs in the presence of livestock
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  33 signatures

• Dogs that kill or maim any another animal should have to wear a muzzle in public
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  39 signatures

• Make beavers a protected species to protect them
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  27 signatures

• Make the spaying/neutering of domesticated cats compulsory.
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  432 signatures

• Fund a Government anti-flytipping advertising campaign
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  35 signatures

• Ban packaging that is not biodegradable or domestically recyclable
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  88 signatures

• Ban dogs from cemeteries (excluding guide dogs)
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  12 signatures

• Allow consumers to choose between water providers as we do with other services
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  14 signatures

• Prohibit removal or destruction of any wildlife and habitat from private land
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  460 signatures

• Stop the importation of honey bees into GB from the EU via Northern Ireland
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  16,932 signatures

• Launch a public information campaign on the climate and ecological emergency.
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  839 signatures

• Extend the ban on microplastics to cover products such as sunscreen & cosmetics
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  268 signatures

• Exempt individual private sellers from plant passporting for online sales
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  198 signatures

• Do not enact “secrecy clause” on environmental decisions
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  19 signatures

• Ban wing clipping in hens and birds
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  31 signatures

• Protect the UK’s countryside and coast from post-lockdown damage
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  1,952 signatures

• Change law so that any and all poison or means to kill wild rodents is humane
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  111 signatures

• Introduce a ban on the most polluting fibres in fashion by 2025
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  252 signatures

• Deposit scheme on glass, plastic, steel, aluminium bottles and cans.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  172 signatures

• Make it Law to Label Non-Religiously Slaughtered Meat Products.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  783 signatures

• Require home owners who fell conservation area trees to fund urban tree planting
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  340 signatures

• Impose a 50p surcharge on clothes hangers
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  25 signatures

• Ban the sale and release of sky Lanterns & Balloons
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  231 signatures

• Make household bonfires illegal
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  155 signatures

• Provide funding for nature reserves in towns
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  45 signatures

• Require developers felling trees to fund reforestation projects
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  1,589 signatures

• Ban the sale of hamster cages under the size of 620sq inches.
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  3,598 signatures

• Require lilies on sale to be labelled as toxic to cats
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  35 signatures

• Allow wild camping in England
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  16,411 signatures

• Make all animal hunting illegal for everyone
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  137 signatures

• Ban the culling of male chicks
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  174 signatures

• Make regenerative farming methods mandatory
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  79 signatures

• Phase out the usage of gill nets within UK waters
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  72 signatures

• Make mountain hares a protected species in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  3,008 signatures

• Create a database of all lost and stolen dogs.
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  408 signatures

• Ban the use of plastic 6 pack rings in the UK
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  4,147 signatures

• Mandatory testing for hereditary conditions for breeding dogs
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  137 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell dogs without a licence
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  2,660 signatures

• Increase funding for flood defences for East Anglia
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  2,064 signatures

• Create a fund for e-fuel technology research and deployment
  Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
  21 signatures

• Establish a mandatory licensing system for animal rescue homes
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  1,200 signatures

• Stop the rising number of ear-cropped dogs in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  105,844 signatures

• Ban all fishing, for sport and food.
  Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
  84 signatures

• Ban outdoor kennels in suburban residential properties
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  152 signatures

• Ban the use of plastic packaging for all non-food items
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  3,739 signatures

• Review freshwater rod fishing bylaws reduce daily limit of course fish taken.
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  38 signatures

• Require food labels to list 'Carbohydrates per unit' alongside 'Carbs per 100g'.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  65 signatures

• Increase Land Access Rights in England to equal The Land Reform (Scotland) Act
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  514 signatures

• Ensure supermarkets and restaurants can give left over food to those in need
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  740 signatures

• Require a mandatory licence to own pets.
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  33 signatures

• Introduce a National Reforestation Scheme
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  75 signatures

• Introduce a law to set requirement for a minimum size cage for small pets.
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  96 signatures

• Introduce a national fishing line recycling scheme
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  2,760 signatures

• Ban the use of lead weights in fresh water fishing
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  102 signatures

• Class bamboo as an invasive species and ban it from sale
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  34 signatures

• Reverse the ban on honeybee imports. Stop the honeybee decline!
  Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
  867 signatures

• Set up a National Nature Service to tackle the climate and unemployment crisis
  Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
  107 signatures

• Introduce a Fireworks Permission Scheme
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  31 signatures

• Make every waterway public up to the high water mark, including fishing rights.
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  31 signatures

• Make feeding horses/ponies and livestock a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  10,268 signatures

• Ban Bottom Trawling in UK waters
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  2,947 signatures

• Fund organic food production to reduce cost
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  32 signatures

• Make leaving dogs unattended outside shops illegal
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  23 signatures

• Create a public register of people banned from keeping animals in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
  33,358 signatures

• Make live feeding of all animals a specific criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Regulate and licence all retired greyhound kennel premises
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  24,064 signatures

• Make it compulsory for all dogs to be on leads on public land
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  2,975 signatures

• Allow pets to travel in the UK including Northern Ireland without restriction
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  58 signatures

• Ban the sale of foxhounds
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  93 signatures

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