Agriculture: Sustainable Development
Lords · Question HL588 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Cromwell
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce or withdraw support to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and, if so, (1) when, and (2) by how much; and what assessment they have made of the subsequent effect on existing agreements and new a
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 10 Sep 2024
This Government is fully committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes, including the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Record numbers of farmers are now in an ELM scheme, and the Government wants to maintain the momentum built over recent m...