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Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

Lords · Question HL589 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

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Asked by Lord Cromwell

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Environmental Land Management Scheme will achieve a full financial replacement for support previously available under the now closed Basic Payment Scheme.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 10 Sep 2024

The Government is supporting farmers and land managers through a range of grants and schemes beside ELM, designed to support a resilient and healthy food system that works with nature and supports British Farmers. These grants are set out on Defra’s “Fund...