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HL HL4024
Agriculture: Land Use
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23 April 2024
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1 May 2024 · Answer
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1 May 2024
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat is let on annual farm business tenancies; and what steps they are taking to ensure this land is not being farmed in a manner that is accelerating its degradation and threatening
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23 April 2024
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat is let on annual farm business tenancies; and what steps they are taking to ensure this land is not being farmed in a manner that is accelerating its degradation and threatening
Source: Lords
1 May 2024
Answer
Peat policy is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra does not have any data on the percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat let on annual farm business tenancies. In the Environmental Improvement Plan, we ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-23/HL4024
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1713283
- uk · wq-1713283 · source updated 1 May 2024