Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 5:15 pm on 25 March 2009.
Tim Farron
Shadow Secretary of State (Environment)
5:15,
25 March 2009
Does the Minister accept that most land used for livestock farming at the moment is unusable for other farming purposes, such as crops, and that much farm land, particularly in the uplands, is vital to carbon sequestration and fighting climate change from that angle? Furthermore, with £10.2 billion of food being wasted in the UK every year, does she accept that now is the time for serious investment in anaerobic digestion, as the hon. Member for Bristol, East said, to help farmers tackle climate change?
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