Debate on the future of fishing after 2026
A debate on the future of fishing after 2026 introduced by Robert Lowe MP is due to take place on 5 November 2024 in Westminster Hall.
This note describes how hill farmers are to be rewarded for their environmental contribution, rather than compensated for difficult conditions
Hill Farm Support (91 KB , PDF)
• This note describes the system of allowances paid to hill farmers. Hill farm support is closely related to policy on sheep, in another note Sheep (SN/SC/1116). The Single Farm Payments system for farmers is described in Agriculture – Health Check of the CAP (SN/SC/3680).
• The Coalition Government Programme said that it would “develop a system of extra support for hill farmers”. The Government announced increased support in March 2011.
• Since 1 July 2010, hill farming has been fully integrated into the environmental stewardship part of the Common Agricultural Policy. This is a new uplands entry level stewardship (Uplands ELS). Basically upland farmers are paid a higher single farm payment. Uplands ELS will reward farmers for maintaining and improving the upland landscape and environment.
• In February 2011, the EFRA Select Committee called for a return to headage payments – support based on the number of livestock instead of a payment based on area.
• The Commission for Rural Communities argued that the uplands contained important public goods and market products, which would not be preserved by the current amount of support for hill farming.
• There is further information on hill farms on the Defra website at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm/land-manage/uplands/
Hill Farm Support (91 KB , PDF)
A debate on the future of fishing after 2026 introduced by Robert Lowe MP is due to take place on 5 November 2024 in Westminster Hall.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant threat to public health. This briefing provides information on the causes and implications of the development and spread of AMR and about UK and international action to address it.
A Westminster Hall debate is scheduled for 2.30 pm on Wednesday 4 September on the future of sheep farming. The debate will be opened by Joe Morris MP.