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DEFRA MUST EXPLAIN HOW CONTAMINATED SEEDS REACHED FARMS - GEORGE
Responding to reports that ring rot has been discovered on potato farms in Wales Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, commented:
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WALES: Bates supports urgent statement on potato disease
Mick Bates AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat countryside spokesperson, today backed calls for an urgent statement by Carwyn Jones on what the Labour Assembly Government is going to do about the threat of…
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GHOST SHIP DOCKING A DISGRACE - BAKER
Responding to reports that the first of two American ghost ships will arrive in Hartlepool today Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat's Environment Spokesman, Said:
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WALES: Local delivery key to DEFRA reform, says Bates
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.
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BEWARE: CONTROL FREAKS COULD TAKE CONTROL - GEORGE
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…
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NOT THE TIME FOR GM MAIZE DECISION - GEORGE
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…
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RURAL REVIEW MUST NOT CUT COUNTRYSIDE FUNDS - GEORGE
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,…
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SAVE WATER NOW TO PROTECT RIVER WILDLIFE - MILLER
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.
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SCOTLAND: MINISTER MEETS FUTURE OF FISHING INDUSTRY
New entrants to Scotland's fishing industry heard today about the Executive's commitment to securing its future.
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WALES: Bates calls for 'workable' bio-fuel plan
Mick Bates AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson, today commented on the government's lack of a workable bio-fuels policy and the dangers of this market being sourced from outside the…