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<p>An assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of the removal of direct
payments and cross compliance was published in September 2018, during the passage
of the Agriculture Bill.</p><p> </p><p>We will seek to regulate to maintain hedgerow
protections when parliamentary time allows. The gaps between cross compliance rules
and regulatory requirements in regard to water buffer strips and soil cover are either
mitigated by regulation such as through generalised provisions in Farming Rules for
Water and the Water Resources Act, guidance like the Code of Practice of the use of
Plant Protection Products, and standards in the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.</p>
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