Committees

Farming rules for water

Non-inquiry session

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee will be holding a one-off evidence session to discuss the Farming Rules for Water Regulation on 11 January. 

The Farming Rules for Water aim to tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture and are set out in these regulations. The Environment Agency’s guidance for farmers on what they need to do to comply with the regulation can be found here.  

We’ve previous written to the Environmental Agency about these regulations following concern from the sector about the impact the rules are having on their ability to spread of organic manure in the autumn, to meet the need of the spring crop. You can read out letter here and their response here.  

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 10 December 2021.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food regarding Farming Rules for Water, dated 14 January 2022
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Oral evidence transcripts

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11 January 2022
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Witnesses Environment Agency, and Environment Agency
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Oral Evidence
11 January 2022
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Witnesses Tenant Farmers Association, Stuart Colville (Director of Policy at Water UK), and Prof. Andrew Neal (Soil Microbiologist at Rothamsted Research)
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Written evidence

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Jacob Wallace (Campaigns and External Affairs Manager at Water UK) (FR0091)
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AWT Farm Services (FR0078)
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Defra (FR0092)
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