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Environmental Land Management Schemes

Commons · Question 5246 · Tabled 10 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Sep 2024

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Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will carry out full impact assessments of the (a) social and (b) economic impact of Environmental Land Management Schemes on upland farms.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Sep 2024

Uplands farmers will have a key role to play in the future for delivering sustainable food production and our environmental targets. We are committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and will work with the sector to optimise the schemes, ens...