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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with Natural England on the implementation of the Fursdon Review Recommendation 27 on Dartmoor commons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with Natural England on the implementation of the Fursdon Review Recommendation 27 on Dartmoor commons.
The Government recognises the important role that Dartmoor ponies play in the landscape, biodiversity and cultural heritage of Dartmoor. There are no plans under this Government to reduce the number of Dartmoor ponies, and we are working closely with Natural England and other stakeholders to support a thriving pony population alongside the recovery of Dartmoor's protected habitats.
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Rural Payments Agency is not able to process applications from commons land applicants through either an electronic process or a paper-based process.
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Rural Payments Agency is not able to process applications from commons land applicants through either an electronic process or a paper-based process.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) recognises the importance of providing common landholders access to farming schemes.
Current systems do not yet allow common landholders to access schemes, but work is under way to address these issues, working with stakeholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who farm on common land are given equitable and swift access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who farm on common land are given equitable and swift access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.
DEFRA understands the importance of Commons and recognises the importance of bringing them under these schemes. For technical reasons, commons groups will not be able to apply for SFI on common land when the application window opens later this month or apply for a CSHT agreement on common land at this stage. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is working on a solution to this issue and actively exploring options for enabling common land applications for CSHT. Once this assessment is complete, the RPA will communicate its planned approach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the Malvern Hills Trust and other landscape managers of the decision to exclude common land from Sustainable Farming Incentive or Countryside Stewardship Scheme Higher Tier agreements in 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the Malvern Hills Trust and other landscape managers of the decision to exclude common land from Sustainable Farming Incentive or Countryside Stewardship Scheme Higher Tier agreements in 2026.
Defra understands the importance of Common land and recognises the importance of bringing them under these schemes. For technical reasons, commons groups will not be able to apply for SFI on common land when the application window opens later this month or apply for a CSHT agreement on common land at this stage. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is working on a solution to this issue, assessing how common land applications can be made in the schemes, and actively exploring both off and on system options for CSHT, testing feasibility. Once this assessment is complete, the RPA will communicate its planned approach, including any implications for SFI to stakeholders and potential agreement holders with common land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency plans to introduce an interim solution allow common land to enter (a) Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and (b) the Sustainable Farming Incentive, pending development of a full system solution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency plans to introduce an interim solution allow common land to enter (a) Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and (b) the Sustainable Farming Incentive, pending development of a full system solution.
Common land and shared grazing are, in theory, eligible for both the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) schemes. For technical reasons, commons groups will not be able to apply for SFI on common land when the next application window opens this month, or apply for a CSHT agreement on common land at this stage.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is working on a solution to this issue, assessing how common land applications can be made in the schemes, and actively exploring both off and on system options for CSHT, testing feasibility. Once this assessment is complete, the RPA will communicate its planned approach, including any implications for SFI to stakeholders and potential agreement holders with common land.
That this House notes with concern that thousands of upland farmers in England face exclusion from future environment schemes due to the absence of a mechanism for common land to apply to the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT); recognises that around 4,000 farming businesses with common rights may be adversely affected; further notes that limitations within the Rural Payments Service software prevent applications for commons and shared grazing; regrets the withdrawal of the MOR1 moorland survey action that supported the Land Use Framework’s ambition to make land digital; acknowledges the lack of interim or offline solutions and impact on farm business viability; highlights the importance of common land to nature recovery, peatland restoration and flood management; and calls on the Government urgently to deliver a workable system for commons to apply for SFI and CSHT, which will also ensure sustainable food production, equitable access, fair payment and the full inclusion of commoners.
That this House notes with concern that thousands of upland farmers in England face exclusion from future environment schemes due to the absence of a mechanism for common land to apply to the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT); recognises that around 4,000 farming businesses...
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret debated and withdrawn. Original motion agreed to on question.
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret debated and withdrawn. Original motion agreed to on question.
My Lords, I declare an interest as I am in receipt of delinked payments. This instrument sets the reductions that will apply to delinked payments in England for the years 2026 and 2027. In doing so, it delivers our commitment to phase out these subsidies by the end of the...
My Lords, I declare an interest as I am in receipt of delinked payments. This instrument sets the reductions that will apply to delinked payments in England for the years 2026 and 2027. In doing so, it delivers our commitment to phase out these subsidies by the end of the...
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Lord Roborough
Moved by
Lord Roborough
My Lords, I first draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a farmer and landowner who is also in receipt of delinked and other government payments. I am very grateful to the Government Chief Whip for moving this debate to a civilised time this evening; I think that...
My Lords, I first draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a farmer and landowner who is also in receipt of delinked and other government payments. I am very grateful to the Government Chief Whip for moving this debate to a civilised time this evening; I think that...
My Lords, I would like to support my noble friend and challenge the Government on how they are going to spend the money they are going to allocate. While I can understand the wish to have a transition, it is right that it has to be done at a sensible...
My Lords, I would like to support my noble friend and challenge the Government on how they are going to spend the money they are going to allocate. While I can understand the wish to have a transition, it is right that it has to be done at a sensible...
My Lords, my maiden speech in 2019 was on the impact of Brexit on food and agricultural produce, with a focus consistent with my interests as a Devon farmer on the Devon cream tea. It is fitting that my final words are on matters agricultural and the delinked payments regulations—the...
My Lords, my maiden speech in 2019 was on the impact of Brexit on food and agricultural produce, with a focus consistent with my interests as a Devon farmer on the Devon cream tea. It is fitting that my final words are on matters agricultural and the delinked payments regulations—the...
My Lords, as somebody who lives in Devon, I look forward to a long period of the cream teas of the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for which he will regrettably have more time to produce as a result of the delinking of the hereditary peerage and the legislative process of...
My Lords, as somebody who lives in Devon, I look forward to a long period of the cream teas of the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for which he will regrettably have more time to produce as a result of the delinking of the hereditary peerage and the legislative process of...
My Lords, like the noble Earl, Lord Devon, this is my final speech in the Chamber, so it is a rather poignant moment. It feels rather odd speaking on this topic today—as if, after 24 years, I have come full circle. I found this rather interesting report when I cleared...
My Lords, like the noble Earl, Lord Devon, this is my final speech in the Chamber, so it is a rather poignant moment. It feels rather odd speaking on this topic today—as if, after 24 years, I have come full circle. I found this rather interesting report when I cleared...
My Lords, I would like to pay a personal tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle. Along with my sponsor, the late Lord Plumb, of Coleshill, he has long stood out as being so knowledgeable about farming and the countryside. He has given immense and dedicated service to...
My Lords, I would like to pay a personal tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle. Along with my sponsor, the late Lord Plumb, of Coleshill, he has long stood out as being so knowledgeable about farming and the countryside. He has given immense and dedicated service to...
My Lords, I cannot compete with the noble Earl, Lord Devon. First of all, I declare my farming interests in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, and my receipt of delinked payments.
The first Lord Carrington, the third Lord Carrington and the sixth Lord Carrington were all Ministers of agriculture. The most famous of...
My Lords, I cannot compete with the noble Earl, Lord Devon. First of all, I declare my farming interests in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, and my receipt of delinked payments.
The first Lord Carrington, the third Lord Carrington and the sixth Lord Carrington were all Ministers of agriculture. The most famous of...
My Lords, I rise to declare my interest as a member of a farming company and also involved in the fertiliser industry, which was mentioned a little earlier. Fertilisers and fuel are farmers’ most expensive costs, and we see unprecedented increases ahead of them, on top of three bad harvests...
My Lords, I rise to declare my interest as a member of a farming company and also involved in the fertiliser industry, which was mentioned a little earlier. Fertilisers and fuel are farmers’ most expensive costs, and we see unprecedented increases ahead of them, on top of three bad harvests...
My Lords, listening to this debate, it becomes apparent just how diverse our nation’s agriculture is. For every remark by one speaker, there is probably someone who knows about agriculture in a different part of the country, in a different sector, where it is not directly relevant. But the message...
My Lords, listening to this debate, it becomes apparent just how diverse our nation’s agriculture is. For every remark by one speaker, there is probably someone who knows about agriculture in a different part of the country, in a different sector, where it is not directly relevant. But the message...
Sorry, I was so fascinated—I was pondering the thought.
I thank the Minister for setting out with such clarity this statutory instrument and the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for bringing forward his regret amendment, which has created an opportunity for a much broader-ranging and, I think we can agree, interesting debate....
Sorry, I was so fascinated—I was pondering the thought.
I thank the Minister for setting out with such clarity this statutory instrument and the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for bringing forward his regret amendment, which has created an opportunity for a much broader-ranging and, I think we can agree, interesting debate....
My Lords, I thank everyone for their valuable contributions to this debate. A number of broad concerns have been raised that I will do my best to address now. For any outstanding specific questions, we will look at Hansard and ensure that we write to noble Lords with more detailed...
My Lords, I thank everyone for their valuable contributions to this debate. A number of broad concerns have been raised that I will do my best to address now. For any outstanding specific questions, we will look at Hansard and ensure that we write to noble Lords with more detailed...