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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

1193931

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the three crop rule in agriculture as part of the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what plans they have to inform the farming industry of any such rule changes by the end of June to enable planning for 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL4123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>We are looking to take the opportunities which leaving the EU presents to make further simplifications for the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme. This could include removing some or all of the burdensome greening rules which have failed to deliver for the environment such as the 'three crop rule' which tells farmers how many crops they must grow, regardless of the demands of the market. Relevant regulations will be subject to Parliament's approval. We will announce the new rules to farmers in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/05/2020 10:41:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

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

1183182

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have paid in total to farmers as direct payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL2274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>By the end of February 2020, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) have paid £1.91 billion to farmers, land managers and foresters in England. The RPA fully appreciates how important these payments are and are working hard to ensure remaining payments are made as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/03/2020 17:44:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1181863

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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the recent adverse weather conditions, what consideration they have given to suspending the requirement for farmers to grow three different crops in order to qualify for payments under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL2125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Rural Payment Agency (RPA) to look at all the available options to support farmers who are being affected by wet weather issues.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA has published online guidance to provide advice around crop diversification requirements and force majeure. We encourage farmers to look at that guidance in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently exploring what options are available to us to offer flexibility to the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme rules now we have left the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/03/2020 15:28:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

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

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

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

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