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1177346

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of payments to farmers will be under the (a) old and (b) new system in each of the seven years of the introduction of the new payments system for farmers.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	14744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to phase out Direct Payments to farmers in England over a seven year agricultural transition period. For the first year of the transition, 2021, we will reduce Direct Payments by up to an already announced set of percentages, which could free up to around £150 million to reinvest into the delivery of public goods and providing support for farmers during the transition. We will set the reduction percentages for the later years of the transition taking account of our detailed plans for future schemes and wider discussions about Government spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s election manifesto guaranteed the current annual budget in every year of the new Parliament, giving significant certainty on funding for the coming years. In England this will enable the Government to provide financial support for the purposes set out in the Agriculture Bill.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/02/2020 11:21:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1177856

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to develop a system for a full range of public goods; what steps her Department is taking to ensure that system is (a) equitable and (b) transparent; and whether decisions taken under that system will be open to appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill will introduce ambitious new schemes in England, based on the principle of “public money for public goods”, which will allow us to reward farmers and land managers who protect our environment, improve animal welfare and produce high quality food in a more sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>Our Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy. Founded on the principle of “public money for public goods”, ELM is intended to provide a powerful contribution to achieving the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan and commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, while supporting our rural economy.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with a range of environmental and agricultural stakeholders to collaboratively design the new ELM scheme so that it is fit for purpose. We are currently running a programme of Tests and Trials, the priorities for which are the building blocks we will need for the National Pilot, due to commence in late 2021 and run to 2024. The National Pilot will provide a critical opportunity to test and refine the scheme design prior to full roll out of the ELM scheme in late 2024 across England.</p><p> </p><p>Clause 3 of the Agriculture Bill provides the Secretary of State with the power to make regulations to check, enforce and monitor the conditions of financial assistance provided under the Bill. This includes the power to establish a mechanism for appealing against decisions. Clauses 4 to 6 of the Bill also require the publication of multi-annual financial assistance plans, annual financial reports and impact and effectiveness reports. This transparency will enable public scrutiny of our future spending plans and the extent to which Government funding for agriculture, horticulture and forestry activities has been delivered on a value for money basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:35:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1181506

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the judgement in the judicial review brought by the Commons Committees for Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons, what steps the Rural Payments Agency has taken to reduce payments in respect of Bollihope Common.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	22437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Bollihope Common have received increased payments as a result of the Judicial Review case brought by the Commons Committees for Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons. No grazier has received a reduced payment as a consequence of the case.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/03/2020 10:42:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1182011

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to define the stock registration reference period for delinked agricultural payments that will replace basic payment scheme payments for uncapped headage; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	23569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>As part of the transition to our new agriculture policy in England we plan to delink Direct Payments from the land. When delinked payments are introduced, they will entirely replace the current Basic Payment Scheme (and greening and young farmer payment) for all farmers. The earliest we will delink is 2022. Once we have delinked payments, recipients will no longer have to farm in order to receive payments during the agricultural transition.</p><p>Eligibility for delinked payments will be based on a reference period. This reference period will be a year, or period of years, before we introduce delinking. We will consult farmers and stakeholders on the detail of how delinking will work before deciding when to introduce it.</p><p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/03/2020 10:21:10 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1184637

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timescale is for the Environmental Land Management scheme pilot and what progress has been made on that pilot to date.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	28602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>The Environmental Land Management (ELM) National Pilot will be the means by which Defra will pilot, at scale, the new ELM scheme, in real world situations with a wide range of farmers, foresters and other land managers. The first agreements with those taking part in the Pilot are planned to begin formally in late 2021. The Pilot is planned to run for three years until ELM is launched in late 2024 and will provide an important opportunity for farmers, foresters and other land managers to be involved in shaping the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Pilot will be undertaken in close consultation with relevant stakeholders. Detailed proposals on what will be included in the Pilot are currently being developed.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/03/2020 13:56:43 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1194688

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the covid-19 outbreak has affected the timetable for delivery of the new Environmental Land Management Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	45032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The timeline for ELM will remain unchanged. The National Pilot is due to commence in late 2021 and run to 2024. Full ELM scheme rollout will be from 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 45033 question first answered 19/05/2020 12:10:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1194689

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the start date is for the national pilot of the new Environmental Land Management Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	45033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The timeline for ELM will remain unchanged. The National Pilot is due to commence in late 2021 and run to 2024. Full ELM scheme rollout will be from 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 45032 question first answered 19/05/2020 12:10:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1197640

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the potential merits of delaying the roll-out of Environmental Land Management Scheme as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	49871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to developing a new agricultural policy now we have left the EU. This includes moving to a system that rewards farmers and land managers for delivering public goods with public money, while ensuring we can continue to produce food in an environmentally sustainable way. The new scheme will be launched in England in 2024 and will be tested and refined through a National Pilot which will begin in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 10:24:27 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1197641

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans his Department has made for supporting farming in the event of potential disruption at the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	49872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill provides powers for the Government to act in a crisis related to severe market disturbance.</p><p> </p><p>As we are doing now, we will be closely monitoring all agricultural sectors. We have developed the UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group which is meeting in shadow form during the transition period. This allows officials in Defra and the Devolved Administrations to monitor UK agricultural markets, to share the latest stakeholder information and to provide warning of atypical market movements. This will help prepare the evidence base for the cause and possible range of interventions that may be needed in specific markets.</p><p> </p><p>It is in everyone's interests to secure a good trade deal with the EU and that is exactly what the Government is committed to doing.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 09:50:21 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1198944

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that opportunities to improve access to the natural environment are included in the Environmental Land Management scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	uin	52626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Our Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy. Founded on the principle of &quot;public money for public goods&quot;, ELM is intended to provide a powerful vehicle for achieving the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan and commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, while supporting our rural economy.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers and other land managers may enter into agreements to be paid for delivering the following public goods:</p><p> </p><ul><li>clean air</li><li>clean and plentiful water</li><li>thriving plants and wildlife</li><li>reduction in and protection from environmental hazards</li><li>beauty, heritage and engagement with the environment</li><li>mitigation of and adaptation to climate change</li></ul><p> </p><p>Beauty, heritage and engagement with the environment is a public good identified in the 25 Year Environment Plan and an important objective of ELM. ELM could support this through providing funding for access to infrastructure or educational visits, for example.</p><p> </p><p>We will engage with a range of stakeholders as we develop the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:49:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby