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	registered interest
	date	05/05/2023
	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 Act 2020
	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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including public access to the countryside in the definition public good in the Agriculture Act 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	183860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The public goods supported by the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2020%2F21&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C91692ec513224cc4ce9708db50997147%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638192392173754292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=J7IZhKRaDDoIVAtjIO1cXNNhSSiCYHIjnyvYJTO87UE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Agriculture Act 2020</a> are listed under <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2020%2F21%2Fsection%2F1&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C91692ec513224cc4ce9708db50997147%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638192392173754292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8gOvW0ikgdl%2FGMyitqEMhjVuMPErRZZW1NPR7%2Fi%2BHfE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Section 1 of the Act</a>. Section 1 allows financial assistance to be given for or in connection with any one or more of a range of purposes, including supporting public access to and enjoyment of the countryside, farmland or woodland and better understanding of the environment. We have confirmed in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenvironmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services%2Fenvironmental-land-management-elm-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services%23access-and-engagement&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C91692ec513224cc4ce9708db50997147%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638192392173754292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xat%2BhU0A90wSfgrKMSCx8Uuf50NEJTqmp%2FYGcpteeD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">a recent publication</a> that we will continue to pay for access to the countryside.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 15/05/2023 09:42:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401358

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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 Act 2020
	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 he has taken to implement the provisions in the Agriculture Act 2020 to deliver public money for public goods.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	100428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>We are implementing three new schemes that reward farmers and land managers for producing public goods: The Sustainable Farming Incentive, Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery. Our approach to environmental land management is the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy and will be realised through a combination of schemes using public money to reward farmers and land managers for delivering environmentally sustainable actions. The schemes are 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>The Sustainable Farming Incentive will pay farmers for actions they take, going beyond regulatory requirements, to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way. In 2021 we launched the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot and received over 900 applications. The first agreements have started and will run until 2024 when the full Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme offer will be available. This year we will start to rollout core elements of that scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Nature Recovery scheme will pay for actions that support local nature recovery and deliver local environmental priorities; making sure the right things are delivered in the right places. We plan to make an early version of the scheme available to a limited number of people in 2023 as part of our plans for testing and rolling out the scheme. We will then roll out the scheme across the whole country by the end of 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Landscape Recovery will support the delivery of landscape and ecosystem recovery through long-term, large-scale projects, including projects to restore wilder landscapes in places where that’s appropriate, large-scale tree planting and peatland restoration projects. We will pilot Landscape Recovery between 2022-24 through initiating at least 10 large-scale projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/01/2022 17:19:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401359

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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 Act 2020
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of including public access to the countryside in the definition public good as set out in the Agriculture Act 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	100429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Section 1(1) of the Agriculture Act 2020 sets out a list of purposes for which the Secretary of State may give financial assistance, and Section 1(1) (b) confirms that the Secretary of State may give financial assistance for, or in connection with supporting public access to, and enjoyment of the countryside, farmland or woodland, and better understanding of the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Support for increasing access into the countryside will be made through existing schemes and support mechanisms already in place. We are still considering our approach of how support for increasing and maintaining access to the countryside in our future schemes including our environmental land management schemes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/01/2022 16:40:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman