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Government departments - United Kingdom

Other United Kingdom agriculture departments

Non-departmental public bodies and agencies

Parliaments and assemblies

Government departments for agriculture and environment - Europe and overseas

European Union

International organisations

Legislation & official publications

Research organisations

Other links

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Government departments - United Kingdom

• UK Online citizen portal
• Cabinet Office
• UK Resilience - guide to emergencies
• Department for Education and Skills
• Department for Transport
• Department of Health
• Department of Trade and Industry
  • GlobalWatchOnline
  • Joint Environmental Markets Unit
  • Office of Science and Technology
  • UK Trade & Investment
  • UK Foresight
• EU & Economic Section, British Embassy, Bonn
• Food Standards Agency
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Forestry Commission
• Health & Safety Executive
  • HSE Direct
• HM Customs and Excise - Trade Information Service
• HM Treasury
  • Addingitup
• Home Office
• Number 10 site
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• Scottish Executive

Other United Kingdom agriculture, environment and rural affairs departments

• Northern Ireland - Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Northern Ireland (DARDNI)
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Science Service
• Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
• Scotland - Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department
• Wales - National Assembly for Wales

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Non-departmental public bodies and agencies

• East of Scotland TCS centre
  (gateway for DTI's technology-transfer initiatiave, co-sponsored by Defra)
• English Nature
• Health Education Authority - Wired for Health website
• Health Protection Agency (formerly Public Health Laboratory Service)
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
• HMSO Copyright Licensing Division
• Info4local
• Rural Payments Agency
• Mind Body Soul - Wired for Health website - Phase II
• North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee
• Ordnance Survey
• Planning Inspectorate
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Sector Skills Development Agency
• Sea Fish Industry Authority
• South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee
• Welsh Consumer Council

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Parliaments and assemblies

• Houses of Parliament Home Page
• Commons Committee - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• House of Commons Debates - Hansard
• House of Lords Debates - Hansard
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Scottish Parliament
• Welsh Assembly
• European Parliament (EUROPARL)

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Government departments - Europe and overseas

• Environment/Agriculture/Rural Affairs ministries (or equivalent organisations) in the European Union countries:
  
  Austria. Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS) Austria. Environmental Protection Austria. Federal Environment Agency
  • Federal Data Catalogue
  Belgium. Agricultural Research Centre - Ghent Denmark. Fødevareministeriet Finland. Maa- ja Metsätalousministeriö France. Ministry of Agriculture France. Ministry of Country Planning and Environment Germany. Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Germany. Federal Environment Ministry Greece. Hellenic Republic Ministry of Agriculture Ireland. Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority Italy. Ministero per le Politiche Agricole e Forestali (MiPAF) Luxembourg. Ministry of Environment Netherlands. Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
  • Policy theme The environment
  Portugal. Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas Spain. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (Agriculture, Fisheries & Food) Spain. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (Environment) Sweden. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

• Australia. Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• US Department of Agriculture

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European Union

• Agriculture - DG VI
• Fisheries - DG XIV
• European Commission office in the UK
• European Union

International organisations

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Legislation and official publications

• UK legislation (HMSO)
• Official documents website (TSO)
• The Stationery Office Books (www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/)
• EU Publications Office
• Tenders Direct (endorsed by the European Commission)

Research organisations

• Institute for Animal Health
• National Institute of Agricultural Botany
• Scottish Research Information System

Other links

• BSI (British Standards Institution) - Environmental Management Systems