Arable Farming: Land

(asked on 8th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to ensure sufficient arable land is available for the domestic farming industry.


Answered by
Mark Spencer Portrait
Mark Spencer
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 22nd September 2022

The Government recognises the importance of food security, which is why we published the Food Strategy earlier this year. The Food Strategy puts food security at the heart of the Government's vision for the food sector. It aims to broadly maintain the current level of food that we produce domestically and boost production in sectors where there are the biggest opportunities.

We announced in the Food Strategy that we will publish a Land Use Framework for England in 2023, which will set out land-use change principles to ensure food security is balanced alongside climate and environment outcomes. These principles will guide local authorities, land managers, and others across England to move towards a more strategic use of land. We are seeking to deliver as much as we can on our limited supply of land, to meet the full range of Government commitments through multifunctional landscapes.

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