Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 July 2018.
Colin Clark
Conservative, Gordon
12:00,
12 July 2018
What steps he is taking to enable farmers to grow produce in a more environmentally sustainable way.
Michael Gove
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government have pledged to work with farmers, food producers and environmental experts across Britain to devise a new agri-environment scheme to be introduced in the next Parliament.
Colin Clark
Conservative, Gordon
What provisions is my right hon. Friend’s Department making to maintain high environmental standards in farming in case of no deal?
Michael Gove
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department is undertaking significant steps to ensure that high environmental standards are maintained not just in farming but across the piece in the event of the country leaving the European Union in March 2019 without a deal, but of course it remains the commitment of this Government to secure the best possible deal for Britain.
Kerry McCarthy
Labour, Bristol East
Will the Secretary of State support the recommendations of the agroforestry review by the Soil Association and the Woodland Trust and put on-farm tree planting at the centre of any environmental land management scheme?
Michael Gove
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We absolutely recognise the vital importance of integrating forestry with farming on appropriate sites and at appropriate times.
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