Organic farming
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on organic farming. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| 23.07.2013 | CAP Reform 2014-2020: Reaching Agreement |
| Political agreement was reached on the major elements of the reform of the Common Agriculural Policy for 2014-2020 on 26 June 2013. This note sets out the main elements of the agreement with stakeholder comment. Some issues are still being discussed at European level following overall EU budget agreements and the flexibility of the reform deal means that key implmenentation decisions are to follow in the UK. |
| 21.06.2012 | Organic farming |
| Organic farming. By Christopher Barclay. SN/SC/1203. |
Early Day Motions
| 24.02.2010 | FISHMEAL IN ORGANIC FEED |
| That this House notes with concern that the use of fishmeal in organic pig and poultry feed damages the ecosystem through trawlers damaging aquatic reefs and plants, causes a sharp ... |
| 03.06.2008 | LEARNING ALONG THE FOOD CHAIN |
| That this House welcomes the Learning Along the Food Chain DVD commissioned by Organic Centre Wales and FACE Wales, which seeks to promote understanding of how food is produced amongst ... |
| 26.11.2007 | GM FOOD |
| That this House notes the concern over the amount of genetically modified animal feed used in dairy and pig farming; acknowledges that concerns have been raised over labelling of products, ... |
