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Current Issues

For details of the HTA’s current political and lobbying activity see the latest editions of both the HTA Grower Policy Update and the HTA Retail Policy Update. These are bi-monthly publications and can be down loaded at the bottom of the page.

Issues in the July Policy Updates:

Grower

• EU Review of the Plant Health Regime
• Agricultural Wages
• Single Payment Scheme - Nurseries
• Plant Protection Products
• Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
• Food and Environment Research Agency
• Non - Native Species
• Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae
• Peat
• Code of Good Agricultural Practice
• Research and Development Funding
• Marketing Standards for Hardy Nursery Stock

Retail

• Sale of Knives
• Carbon Reduction Commitment
• Alcohol Mandatory Code
• Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations
• National Minimum Wage
• Progress on Carrier Bags
• Budget 2009
• Retail Sale of Potatoes
• Draft Food and Water Management Bill
• Non-Native Species

For further information on any of the issues listed, or any other policy area of concern, email Gary.Scroby@the-hta.org.uk, the HTA Policy Manager.

 



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