Question follow-through · 51785
Countryside Stewardship Scheme: New Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to replace the higher level stewardship provision to commoners in the New Forest.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Grasslands: Conservation · 3 Jul 2025
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to replace the higher level stewardship provision to commoners in the New Forest.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
We want to provide these Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders with some certainty and continuity until they can move into the new ELM offer and to provide support so they can continue delivering environmental outcomes on their land. We will pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Grasslands: Conservation
3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add irreplaceable meadows to the list of irreplaceable habitats.
Environmental Land Management Schemes: Common Land
15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct the Rural Payments Agency to implement a manual system to process applications for ELM schemes on Common land.