Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

House of Commons

Scrutinises: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

170
Reports
638
Conclusions & Recs
58
Reports with response document linked
112
Reports without response document linked

Inquiries 176 of 176 · With recommendations only

Land use and nature
Open 18 Mar 2026
Climate adaptation and emergency response
Open 9 Sep 2025 2 reports 15 recs
Response document linked
Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy
Open 20 May 2025
Fisheries and the marine environment
Open 23 Jan 2025 2 reports 27 recs
Response document linked
Biosecurity and animal welfare
Open 9 Jan 2025 8 reports 113 recs
Response document linked
Food supply chain resilience and fairness
Open 20 Dec 2024
Reforming the water sector
Open 19 Dec 2024 3 reports 44 recs
Response document linked
The future of farming
Open 6 Dec 2024 2 reports 18 recs
Response document linked
Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies
Open 6 Nov 2024 1 report
Flooding
Closed 31 Jan 2024
Vet shortages
Closed 17 Jan 2024
Urban Green Spaces
Closed 14 Sep 2023
Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors
Closed 14 Sep 2023
Thames Water
Closed 4 Jul 2023
UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Closed 7 Jun 2023
Tenant Farmers
Closed 24 May 2023
Fairness in the food supply chain
Closed 9 May 2023
Resources and Waste provisional Common Framework
Closed 23 Mar 2023
Work of the Environment Agency
Closed 20 Feb 2023
Pet welfare and abuse
Closed 3 Feb 2023 2 reports 28 recs
Response document linked
Fisheries Negotiations
Closed 10 Jan 2023
Soil Health
Closed 7 Dec 2022 2 reports 36 recs
Response document linked
Avian Influenza
Closed 10 Nov 2022
Species Reintroduction
Closed 3 Nov 2022 2 reports 21 recs
Response document linked
Sealife Mortality off the North East Coast
Closed 11 Oct 2022
Food Security
Closed 25 Jul 2022 2 reports 23 recs
Response document linked
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Progress Update
Closed 18 Jul 2022
Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Environment Agency
Closed 27 Jun 2022 2 reports 4 recs
No response document linked
Global Environmental Facility
Closed 21 Apr 2022
Marine Mammals
Closed 21 Apr 2022 2 reports 11 recs
Response document linked
UK Seafood Fund
Closed 12 Apr 2022
Pre-appointment Hearing: Chair of Ofwat
Closed 5 Apr 2022 1 report
DEFRA Common frameworks
Closed 9 Mar 2022
Joint Fisheries Statement
Closed 23 Feb 2022
Import check readiness
Closed 24 Jan 2022
Fisheries negotiation outcome
Closed 17 Jan 2022
Work of Defra
Closed 10 Jan 2022
Farming rules for water
Closed 24 Nov 2021
Rural mental health
Closed 16 Nov 2021 2 reports 31 recs
Response document linked
Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture
Closed 9 Nov 2021 2 reports 16 recs
Response document linked
Labour shortages in the food and farming sector
Closed 15 Sep 2021 2 reports 15 recs
Response document linked
National Food Strategy
Closed 8 Sep 2021
Plastic waste
Closed 7 Jul 2021 2 reports 30 recs
Response document linked
Animals Abroad Bill
Closed 30 Jun 2021
Air Quality: follow up
Closed 28 Jun 2021
Work of the Interim Office for Environmental Protection
Closed 28 Jun 2021
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
Closed 27 May 2021
Trade and Agriculture Commission
Closed 26 Mar 2021
Seafood and Meat Exports to the EU
Closed 27 Jan 2021 2 reports 13 recs
Response document linked
COVID-19 and food supply: follow up
Closed 14 Jan 2021 2 reports 12 recs
Response document linked