Work of Defra

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 10 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 May 2024 Parliament page
Separate from our inquiries, the Committee holds regular evidence sessions with the Secretary of State, other Defra Ministers and senior officials to question them on the work of the Department on a wide range of current and ongoing issues. The transcripts of those sessions and follow-up written evidence will be … Read more
5 Oral sessions
7 Letters
5 Events
Activity timeline 12 events
24 May
2024
Correspondence
26 Mar
2024
Oral evidence
24 Oct
2023
Oral evidence
28 Jun
2023
Correspondence
26 Apr
2023
Correspondence
26 Apr
2023
Correspondence
28 Mar
2023
Oral evidence
25 Jan
2023
Correspondence
6 Dec
2022
Oral evidence
23 Feb
2022
Correspondence
23 Feb
2022
Correspondence
1 Feb
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
26 Mar 2024
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24 Oct 2023
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Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
28 Mar 2023
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6 Dec 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1 Feb 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
George Eustice · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Correspondence 7 letters
24 May 2024 Correspondence from the Secretary of State regarding the Committee's Work of the Department session, dated 22 May
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28 Jun 2023 Correspondence from the Secretary of State regarding the Committee's hearing of 28 March and in reply to the Committee's letter of 26 April, dated 20 June 2023
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26 Apr 2023 From committee Letter to the Permanent Secretary regarding Defra’s Supplementary Estimates 2022-23, and Post-Implementation Reviews
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26 Apr 2023 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State following up on the 28 March meeting, also raising the issues of Post-Implementation Reviews and pork exports to China, dated 26 April.
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25 Jan 2023 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Committee regarding Post Implementation Reviews, further to the Committee’s hearing of 6 December 2022, dated 12 December 2022
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23 Feb 2022 Correspondence from Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser Defra re: Follow-up from the Work of the Department session, dated 16 February
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23 Feb 2022 Correspondence from Tamara Finklestein, Permanent Secretary, Defra re: Follow-up from the Work of the Department session, dated 14 February
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