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Sustainable Farming Incentive: Rivers

Commons · Question 126801 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated chalk stream action in the Sustainable Farm Incentive.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Apr 2026

The Sustainable Farming Incentive already contains a wide range of actions to protect and enhance the watercourses of England. These include a range of buffer and habitat strips that can be used adjacent to water bodies and further actions for low intensi...