Mick Bates AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat countryside spokesperson, today commented on the Haskins report on the reform of DEFRA, stressing that advisory services are best delivered at a local level.
Commenting ahead of tomorrow's expected announcement of a new land management agency to take over the functions of English Nature, the Countryside Agency and possibly the Forestry Commission, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary said:
Commenting on the decision by EU officials to postpone a vote on genetically modified sweetcorn, which would have effectively ended the EU moratorium on GM products, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary said:
Commenting on the expected announcement by Lord Haskins that a new land management agency is to take over the functions of English Nature, the Countryside Agency and possibly the Forestry Commission, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Andrew George MP, said:
Liberal Democrat Peer, Baroness Miller, will today challenge the Government to come up with contingency drought plans following the exceptionally low rainfall this summer and autumn.
New entrants to Scotland's fishing industry heard today about the Executive's commitment to securing its future.
