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Environmental Land Management Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will carry out full impact assessments of the (a) social and (b) economic impact of Environmental Land Management Schemes on upland farms.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 25 Sept 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will carry out full impact assessments of the (a) social and (b) economic impact of Environmental Land Management Schemes on upland farms.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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25 Sept 2024
Answer published
Uplands farmers will have a key role to play in the future for delivering sustainable food production and our environmental targets. We are committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and will work with the sector to optimise the schemes, ens...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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