Policy papers published by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Fisheries: bilateral agreement with Norway for 2026

Animal Welfare Committee (AWC): Opinion on breeding and breeding technologies in commercial livestock agriculture

Assessing the sustainability of fisheries catch limits negotiated by the UK for 2026

Uplands Review: a report on upland communities in England

Marine strategy part one: update

England Species Reintroductions Taskforce yearly review

Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS)

Animal Welfare Committee (AWC): opinion on the responsible sourcing of fur

Government response to the Animal Sentience Committee report on XL Bullies and the Dangerous Dogs Act

Report on the Joint Fisheries Statement

Defra's small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) action plan: 2025 to 2026

Waste Crime Action Plan

Animal Sentience Committee: Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022

Strategic Policy Statement for Natural England

Strategic Policy Statement for the Environment Agency

Animal Sentience Committee: restriction of lead in ammunition report

UK air quality: supplementary modelling assessment for 2024

EM on food and feed safety requirements (COM(2025)1030)

Agriculture Act 2020: Post-Legislative Assessment

Call for comments on a revised indicative list for long-chain PFCAs, PFOA and PFHxS, their salts and related compounds 2026

Call for comments on a revised draft risk profile of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2026

EM on a Regulation proposal on Production Rules (COM(2025)780)

Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs communiqués

Defra appropriate policy documents

Government response to OEP recommendations in its review of implementation of laws for terrestrial and freshwater protected sites in England

EM on EU Regulation 2026/405 on Detergents and Surfactants

Environmental Compensatory Measures Reforms for Offshore Wind: policy background and proposed compensation hierarchy

Approach to the UK REACH candidate list of substances of very high concern

Deer impacts policy statement for England

A new vision for water: white paper

Welsh Government deposit return scheme – UK Internal Market Act exclusion: policy update

Grey squirrel policy statement

Fisheries: agreed records of consultations and distribution reports for North-East Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and Norwegian spring spawning herring 2026

Fisheries: bilateral agreement with the Faroe Islands for 2026

Fisheries: bilateral agreement with the Faroe Islands for North-East Atlantic mackerel in 2026

Mitigation strategy for avian influenza in wild birds

Government response to the Animal Sentience Committee report on the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill

Government response to the Animal Sentience Committee's assessment of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill

EM on amendment to EU regulation on food standards (COM(2025)553)

Report on orders regulating the management of shellfisheries (2020 to 2025)

EM on amendment to EU regulation 2023/1115 (COM(2025)652)

EM on Defence Readiness, Investments & Conditions (COM(2025)822)

UK Overseas Territories biodiversity strategy

Animal welfare strategy for England

The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020: post implementation review

Nature Restoration Fund: Implementation plan

Farming Profitability Review 2025: an independent review

Marine Recovery Fund: procurement approach for strategic compensatory measures

North Sea and Channel sprat fisheries management plan (FMP) for English and Scottish waters

Southern North Sea demersal non-quota species fisheries management plan (FMP) for English waters