Farming Road Map Debate
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Baroness Rock
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
I could not agree more with the noble Earl on the need for consistency. There has been an enormous churn in government over the last eight years, which has not helped at all. That is why we want to provide a 25-year farming road map.
Baroness Rock (Con)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a tenant farmer. Far from there being billionaire farmers, there are a huge number of tenant farmers in the UK who pay commercial rent to farm. They are worried about fertiliser prices and input prices just as much as any other farmer. Will the Minister confirm that the vital role of the agricultural tenanted sector will be highlighted and supported in the farming road map when it is published?
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
The tenant farming sector is critical to our rural economy. I can confirm that.