Research Briefing
Milk prices from 2005
This note describes how dairy farmers faced low prices for several years but saw some improvement in 2007 and 2008.
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Higgs Boson
Scientists at CERN have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle, thought to be the Higgs Boson.
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Research Briefing
Animal Experiments: Stray and Feral Animals
This notes covers the transposition on the EU Directive on animal experiments and the concerns raised about stray animals.
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Sheep
this note covers issues of importance to sheep farming, including welfare, electronic tagging and diseases
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Agriculture – CAP Reforms
This note describes the European Commission proposals to amend the Common Agricultural Policy and comments upon it from interested parties.
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Pigs
This note covers problems faced by pig farmers, partly because of stricter welfare legislation in the UK than elsewhere in the European Union
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Religious slaughter
This note deals with the concession allowing religious slaughter of animals without pre-stunning
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Research Briefing
EU ETS and Aviation
The aviation sector has been included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 1 January 2012 as part of EU efforts to reduce emissions by 20% by 2020.
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Research Briefing
The draft Energy Bill 2012
The 2012 Queen’s Speech announced that "My Government will propose reform of the electricity market to deliver secure, clean and affordable electricity and ensure prices are fair”. This will be done through the latest in a line of Energy Bills, published in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny on 22 May 2012.
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Research Briefing
Food Advertising on Television
This note discusses the effects of the Ofcom ban on junk food advertising aimed at children and future policy options
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Research Briefing
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is a mandatory carbon emissions reporting and trading scheme for large public and private sector organisations. It is currently under review and if it cannot be simplified to produce “very significant administrative savings” for businesses, then it will be replaced by “an alternative environmental tax” on which the Government will consult in Autumn 2012.
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Roads: charging in London
This note provides information on the two road charging schemes that exist in central London: the Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) and the Congestion Charge.
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Research Briefing
Agriculture and Climate Change
This note covers some predictions of the effect of climate change on UK agriculture and forestry
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Food Miles
This note discusses food miles as an indicator of the environmental impact of food production.
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