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Farms: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress her Department has made on reducing the administrative demands placed on farmers by environmental regulations.
Asked by
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 December 2011
Reference
85567; 537 c857W
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
Does the Minister agree that this is all about trust and that, where possible, we should trust our farmers to self-regulate and impose statutory regulations only where absolutely necessary?
Asked by
Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c440-1
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
The hon. Gentleman is entirely right. The GLA was set up after the tragic events at Morecambe bay and, to the best of my recollection, was supported by all parties in the House. That work is still extremely important. Discussions are taking place within Government on whether DEFRA is the right place for the GLA, so I cannot give the undertakings he is perhaps demanding, but the existence and purpose of the GLA is absolutely right and will be maintained.
Answered by
James Paice (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c441
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
I am afraid I cannot give my hon. Friend a figure at this stage because we are still developing our final response. We are going through all 214 recommendations and are determined to be bold and ambitious, as we were urged to be by Richard Mcdonald. Much of the cost to farmers is the result not of complying with regulations, but of the bureaucratic burden of the process of complying, and that is what we are trying to address.
Answered by
James Paice (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c441
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I am afraid that there appears to have been a view over the years that every farmer was a potential criminal, and farmers felt very disillusioned about that. We believe that the vast majority want to comply with regulations and can be trusted to do so, which is why we are looking at earned recognition so that we can concentrate our resources on the small minority who might not comply.
Answered by
James Paice (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c440-1
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
Suffolk farmers expect this Government to reduce red tape. On the May report of the regulation taskforce, will the Minister tell us what the compliance cost saving will be if his Department delivers all 200 cuts in bureaucratic processes?
Asked by
David Ruffley (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c441
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
My hon. Friend and the House will know that the Government attach huge importance to the need to lift the burden of regulation while maintaining standards. On 3 November I announced the publication of the interim response to the independent farm regulation taskforce. We will publish a final response early next year.
Answered by
James Paice (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c440
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
The Minister will be aware of some initial concerns about additional administrative costs for the farming community following the introduction of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, which has proved to be really effective and has been welcomed by farmers. Will he assure the House that there are no plans to change how the agency operates or how it is funded?
Asked by
Jim Sheridan (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
536 c441
House
House of Commons
Farm Administration
What progress she has made in reducing the administrative burden of inspection and regulation on farmers.
Asked by
Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2011
Reference
82280; 536 c440
House
House of Commons
Industrial Health and Safety: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to promote health and safety on farms.
Asked by
Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 November 2011
Reference
80906; 536 c125-6W
House
House of Commons
Duchy of Lancaster: Farms

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what farms and agricultural land are held by the Duchy of Lancaster.
Asked by
Ben Wallace (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 November 2011
Reference
78231; 535 c535-6W
House
House of Commons
Duchy of Lancaster: Farms

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which farms and agricultural holdings the Duchy of Lancaster disposed of in each year since 2005.
Asked by
Ben Wallace (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 November 2011
Reference
78232; 535 c536W
House
House of Commons
Community Orchards

Adjournment debate on community orchards.
Lead member
Paul Maynard
Answering member
James Paice
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c727-34
House
House of Commons
Community Orchards

I am pleased, both as a Conservative Member of Parliament and as the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, to speak about this important subject of community orchards. However, I am more pleased still, because I am also a russet, which is not merely a type of apple, but the...
Member
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c727
House
House of Commons
Community Orchards

Indeed, and I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. My constituency has no green space apart from a golf course plonked in the middle of it, so I would welcome more green of any variety. It is also important to recognise that the last Government—although no Labour Member is...
Member
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c728-9
House
House of Commons
Community Orchards

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) on obtaining tonight's debate. He wisely commented on—perhaps foresaw—my initial reaction when I saw the subject of tonight's Adjournment debate on a non-voting night. However, having done the research that it is incumbent on me to...
Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c729-34
House
House of Commons
Farms: Outdoor Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department provided for educational visits by school children to farms in the latest period for which figures are available.
Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
61557; 530 c492W
House
House of Commons
Community Orchards

I absolutely applaud my hon. Friend in his call for more community orcharding. I come from the county of Herefordshire, which is thrilled to be the largest cider orchard county in the country. Does he share my view that we should not restrict cider and other orchards to rural areas,...
Member
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c728
House
House of Commons
Feed-in Tariffs

On 18 March I announced the start of a consultation on proposals to change feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations larger than 50 kilowatts and farm-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) of up to 500 kilowatts. Having carefully considered the responses received, of which there were more than 500, I...
Member
Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written statements
Date
9 June 2011
Reference
529 c35-6WS
House
House of Commons
Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Climate Change (Gregory Barker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 18 March I announced the start of a consultation on proposals to change feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations larger than 50 kilowatts and farm scale anaerobic digestion...
Member
Lord Marland (Conservative)
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written statements
Date
9 June 2011
Reference
728 c37-8WS
House
House of Lords