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<p>In its final report published on 9 April, the independent Farming Regulation Task
Force noted that Defra had made “significant” progress against the 137 commitments
made by the Government in 2012. Building on these commitments, Defra has also announced
through the Red Tape Challenge programme its intention to simplify agricultural regulation
by scrapping 156 regulations and improving 134 others. Work is also underway to identify
further opportunities to reduce the burden on compliant farmers, including through
improving risk based targeted farm inspections. I expect the majority of this work
to be completed by the end of this year, with implementation proposals for consideration
by Ministers.</p><p> </p>
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