We value the views of all honourable Members as the Agriculture Bill is scrutinised in Parliament. It is the Parliamentary Registrar of Members' Interests\u2019 responsibility to regulate outside interests and ensure they are transparent.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-08T11:15:22.537Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Agriculture: Subsidies"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has received representations raising concerns on the matter of hon. Members receiving agricultural payments whilst participating in parliamentary proceedings under the Agriculture Bill.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3930", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Lucas"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Pavilion"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Caroline Lucas"} ], "uin" : "217013"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1050050", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1050050/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A new Environmental Land Management (ELM) system will give farmers and land managers incentives to deliver a wide variety of environmental benefits. This will include creating or maintaining habitats for birds such as the skylark, which has faced rapid population decline in the past few decades. I recognise the potential benefits skylark plots have had under current schemes; I am confident in any new ELM system we will be able to build on these benefits and reverse their decline.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-04T17:15:30.44Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Agriculture: Subsidies"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the use of skylark plots in his Department's future environmental land management scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4656", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Layla Moran"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Oxford West and Abingdon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Layla Moran"} ], "uin" : "213456"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047762", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047762/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We received 113 proposals and ideas for tests and trials up to the 30 September 2018.<\/p>
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We are taking 50 forward in phase one. Those selected for the first phase of testing will help us to test critical elements and building blocks of the new system.<\/p>
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The 50 proposals we are taking forward are based around four broad themes:<\/p>
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Testing how the land management plan will work with different groups, sectors and geographies. We will explore what information, tools and support land managers will need to develop the plan and who would be involved.<\/p><\/li>
Area based approaches looking at the way in which local priorities can be determined at different spatial scales.<\/p><\/li>
How we value and pay for natural capital so the new schemes reward farmers and land managers for the true value of delivering the environmental benefits.<\/p><\/li>
The role of new or innovative delivery mechanisms such as payment by results and reverse auctions.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>
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Thirty-five of the proposals we are taking forward in phase one have a specific regional focus or bounded geographic interest:<\/p>
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The number of farmers and land managers to be involved in each Test and Trial are extremely variable and not known at this stage. We are working with proposers to develop their proposals into tests or trials.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> Below is a breakdown of the 35 organisations by region:<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> The North<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Cumbrian Catchments Pioneer (Environment Agency)<\/p> Northumberland National Park<\/p> North Yorkshire Moors National Park<\/p> Federation of Cumbrian Commoners<\/p> 23 Burns Collective (Farmer led collaboration)<\/p> Cheshire Wildlife Trust<\/p> Northern Forests (Woodland Trusts)<\/p> <\/p> The Midlands<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Peak District National Park<\/p> Forest of Bowland National Park<\/p> Staffordshire Wildlife Trust<\/p> Cheshire Wildlife Trust<\/p> Payment by Results Trials<\/p> Wildlife Trust/ Farmers Management Plan Collective (Worcestershire and Gloucestershire)<\/p> <\/p> Anglia<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Payments by Results Trials<\/p> Essex Water<\/p> <\/p> The South and South East<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> South Downs National Park<\/p> Kent Downs AONB<\/p> Cucksmere and Pevensey Levels<\/p> Kent and Sussex Wildlife Trust<\/p> Wildlife Trust/ Farmers Management Plan Collective (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Isle of White)<\/p> En-Trade (Wessex Water)<\/p> <\/p> The South West<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> North Devon Landscapes (Natural England)<\/p> Exmoor National Park<\/p> Dartmoor National Park<\/p> Cotswolds AONB<\/p> Quantocks AONB<\/p> Blackdowns AONB<\/p> Cranbourne Chase AONB<\/p> Cornwall AONB<\/p> Cornwall Local Enterprise Partnership<\/p> Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group<\/p> South Devon RSPB<\/p> Clinton Devon Estate<\/p> Somerset Levels (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group)<\/p> Cornish Wildlife Trusts<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) regional breakdown of farms and other organisations that have applied to take part in the pilots for the introduction of Environmental Land Management Schemes contracts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1045493", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the proposed new Environmental Land Management Schemes after 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1045495/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We will be introducing a new Environmental Land Management (ELM) system that will pay land managers for delivering environmental public goods.<\/p> <\/p> The government will work with farmers and land managers who wish to improve the environment by entering into multi-annual ELM contracts in which land managers commit to take certain actions to deliver environmental goods and benefits in return for funding.<\/p> <\/p> We believe that those managing the land are best placed to decide how to deliver the environmental benefits they have signed up to provide. We propose that land managers should have access to the information and advice they need to enable them to develop holistic management plans for their land.<\/p> <\/p> Evidence from previous agri-environment schemes suggests that the effectiveness of measures and the quality of environmental benefits can depend on the quality and extent of advice from trusted advisers. We propose that an approved specialist adviser should be readily available to help the land manager to deliver desirable environmental outcomes. We want land managers to establish trusted relationships with their adviser. We are therefore exploring the role that third party advisers could play. For example, an adviser could be an agronomist who a farmer has worked with in the past and trusts, or an adviser from a local organisation who can advise on local conditions. We expect that these advisers would need to be approved to demonstrate their level of capability and to ensure sufficient protection for the spending of public money. The appetite for existing advisers training to deliver advice within ELM, and the market for delivering this training, is being tested through a combination of policy development, Testing and Trials and social science involvement, with an intelligence assessment in development.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042904/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In September last year Defra published, alongside the Agriculture Bill, detail about, and a proposed timeline for, the move away from current Common Agricultural Policy schemes. Our farming reforms will be underpinned by the principle of public money for the provision of public goods. The Bill will provide the legal powers to move away smoothly from the CAP as well as assisting farmers in their central task of producing food for the nation.<\/p> The government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of this parliament, expected in 2022. This includes all funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the current CAP. This commitment applies to the whole UK and provides more certainty than anywhere else in Europe.<\/p> We will pay the current Direct Payments for the 2019 scheme year on the same basis as now. The EU rules for the Basic Payment Scheme, greening and young farmer payment will apply throughout the whole of 2019. We also plan to allocate the money paid in Direct Payments for 2020 in much the same way that we do now. We will, however, look to make simplifications to make it easier to apply for and administer Direct Payments to increase value for money.<\/p> In 2021 we intend to start making reductions to Direct Payments, marking the beginning of the agricultural transition. This will be accompanied by pilots of our Environmental Land Management scheme and targeted investment in Research and Development and innovation. We aim to phase out Direct Payments completely by the end of the transition, with the last payments being made for the 2027 scheme year.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether farm support will continue in its current form until 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038555/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We have no plans to remove the five hectare minimum qualification for receiving Direct Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme in England.<\/p> <\/p> We will pay Direct Payments for the 2019 scheme year on the same basis as for 2018. We also plan to allocate the money paid in Direct Payments for 2020 in much the same way that we do now. We will, however, look to make simplifications to make it easier to apply for and administer Direct Payments to increase value for money. We will do this as soon as we can, and in line with the terms of the implementation period.<\/p> <\/p> The future agriculture policy outlined in the Agriculture Bill does not envisage area based direct payments in the longer term.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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