Farming Road Map and Profitability Review Debate
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Jon Pearce
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Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I fear that that is more about the bottles of champagne than the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency.
Jon Pearce (High Peak) (Lab)
I very much welcome the fact that this farming road map recognises the importance of upland farmers like mine in High Peak. Will the Secretary of State set out what support will be put in place to support my farmers, and will she meet me to discuss access to the SFI for those farming on common land?
Emma Reynolds
That is very similar question to that of the right hon. Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne). I am always happy to meet my hon. Friend and other hon. Members. Upland farmers play a vital role. We have increased payment rates for upland farmers, and in the road map we talk about how we can make it easier for upland farmers and commoners to access schemes. As I said to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), we have also commissioned Hilary Cottam to do some work on how we ensure that the communities in upland areas thrive.