Farmers miss subsidy deadline
Press Review 17 May 2005
More than 30,000 farmers missed the application deadline for a new subsidy scheme.
Hunt group boasts of electoral success
Press Review 9 May 2005
A pro-hunting organisation claimed yesterday that it removed 29 pro-ban MPs at the general election.
James Paice - Shadow agriculture secretary
Interview 23 April 2005
Shadow agriculture secretary James Paice talks to ePolitix.com about the role of rural issues in the election campaign.
Top Tory bullish on rural support
News Article 23 April 2005
Hostility to Labour in the countryside could see rural voters swing back behind the Conservatives, James Paice has said.
Issue of the day: Fisheries policy
News Article 13 April 2005
Party spokesmen debate the future of UK fisheries policy.
April 1: Prince set for countryside role
Press Review 1 April 2005
The government is lining up the Prince of Wales for a new role as 'countryside tsar' in a third term Labour administration.
Farmers 'should reap environmental cash'
News Article 1 April 2005
Farmers should receive extra cash in return for quality, choice and environmentally friendly practices when European subsidies are reformed, MPs have said.
Hunt activists gear up for election battle
Press Review 29 March 2005
Pro-hunting activists are trying to unseat anti-hunt MPs in key marginal constituencies.
Call for fishing cuts questioned
News Article 24 March 2005
A committee of MPs has rejected the key findings of an influential government strategy unit report on the fishing industry.
Fisheries Jurisdiction Bill (Failed Bill 2004/05 Session)
Legislation 23 March 2005
A presentation Bill from Alex Salmond MP to make provision for withdrawal from the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union.
Watchdog warns on illegal meat imports
News Article 23 March 2005
Illegal meat imports, thought to have caused the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak, are still flooding into Britain, according to an official watchdog.
GM food under fire
Press Review 22 March 2005
The final results of the GM trials for Britain's biggest crop, winter oil seed rape, show that wildlife and the environment would suffer if the crop was grown in the UK.
Tories attack EU fishing move
News Article 20 March 2005
The Conservatives have heavily criticised a European Union decision to base in Spain the body charged with policing the fishing industry.
Rural housing
Policy Consultation 15 March 2005
Comments from the Construction Products Association and ACRE.
The new CAP fits
Publication Article 11 March 2005
