- Location
- East Sussex
One has to question why there is this undue haste to see the Agriculture Bill passed into Law at this difficult time with almost no chance of proper scrutiny. While it now makes a mention of food which was a step forward from the first draft the main impetus is to help the government complete a UK/US trade deal asap yet at the same time attempt to satisfy the farming community with a very ill thought through ELMS scheme.
The ELMS scheme should be consigned to history as it will do little to help the environment, even if certain NGO's think they will gain greatly and even the CLA seem to think it will be a good thing (watch out tenants!). In reality it has the potential to deliver very little and when the reality of the costs of running it become apparent the money will disappear at the first government spending review.
C 19 has meant we are living in a different world where food security and supply chains need to be the focus for all governments in the World including our own. There has never been a more important time to write to your MP before the debate on Wednesday (very few MP's will get a chance to speak on this) where with such a large majority it will just be nodded through. Yet the changed world we live in is not addressed by the BILL!
This government is hell bent on keeping to the Brexit timetable and if the reply from my MP is anything to go by then a No deal is a dead cert as she revels in the fact that we will no longer be abiding by EU regulations for trade, which the EU will not accept.
Please make sure your MP understands that we have the climate and expertise in this country to grow food. Because of our climate we can increase production of food and at the same time reduce our Carbon footprint. Planting trees and turning vast areas over to a misguided ELMS scheme will do the country, the people and British Agriculture a disservice.
The ELMS scheme should be consigned to history as it will do little to help the environment, even if certain NGO's think they will gain greatly and even the CLA seem to think it will be a good thing (watch out tenants!). In reality it has the potential to deliver very little and when the reality of the costs of running it become apparent the money will disappear at the first government spending review.
C 19 has meant we are living in a different world where food security and supply chains need to be the focus for all governments in the World including our own. There has never been a more important time to write to your MP before the debate on Wednesday (very few MP's will get a chance to speak on this) where with such a large majority it will just be nodded through. Yet the changed world we live in is not addressed by the BILL!
This government is hell bent on keeping to the Brexit timetable and if the reply from my MP is anything to go by then a No deal is a dead cert as she revels in the fact that we will no longer be abiding by EU regulations for trade, which the EU will not accept.
Please make sure your MP understands that we have the climate and expertise in this country to grow food. Because of our climate we can increase production of food and at the same time reduce our Carbon footprint. Planting trees and turning vast areas over to a misguided ELMS scheme will do the country, the people and British Agriculture a disservice.
I have written to my MP, lets hope a good number of fellow TFF members do the same
