{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "definition" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&_metadata=all&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "first" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&_page=0&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "hasPart" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "isPartOf" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A24%3A03.087Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-20&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2017-11-20T11%3A39%3A43.033Z", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/785859", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/785859/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Woodland and hedgerows make an important contribution to sustainable farming. Woodland mitigates climate change, supports biodiversity, improves soil quality, prevents flooding and provides a shelterbelt for farm land. Hedgerows help enhance biodiversity and prevent soil erosion and run-off from fields, provide shelter, control livestock, and protect crops from the wind. They help define the character of the English landscape and many have historical significance as they mark ancient boundaries.<\/p>

<\/p>

English farmers can create woodland, plant trees and manage hedgerows with Rural Development Programme funding from the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Funding through Rural Development Programmes between 2007 and 2017 has created over 18,500 hectares of woodland and nearly 6,000 kilometres of new hedgerows.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4161", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Gardiner of Kimble"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-20T11:24:03.087Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Agriculture: Sustainable Development"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution made by woodland creation and hedgerow planting to sustainable farming.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4303", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} ], "uin" : "HL3007"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }