Committees

Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition

Inquiry

The Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is the centrepiece of the Government’s new approach to farm support, as well as being key to delivering its environmental ambitions. Over the period 2021-27, the new scheme will be piloted and then fully introduced, while EU-style direct payments will be phased out.

Ahead of the national pilot of ELM launching in 2021, this inquiry asked if the Government’s plans were realistic and whether it had listened to farmers and land managers. It looked at the support farmers would need to manage the transition, and how the new scheme could be made to work for farmers and the environment.

 

Read our Report, published in October 2021

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Past events

Tuesday 20 July 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition - Oral evidence 20 July 2021
2:30pm
  • Paul Caldwell (Chief Executive Officer at Rural Payments Agency)
  • Tony Juniper (Chair at Natural England)
  • Rob Cooke (Greener Farming and Fisheries at Natural England)
3:30pm
  • Rt Hon George Eustice (Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Janet Hughes (Programme Director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 22 June 2021
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition - Oral evidence 22 June 2021
2:30pm
  • Dr Janet Dwyer (Director at Countryside and Community Research Institute)
  • Dr Ruth Little (Lecturer in Human Geography at University of Sheffield)
3:30pm
  • Alice Groom (Senior Policy Officer at Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
  • James Adler (Land Management Adviser at The Wildlife Trusts)
  • Professor Rosie Hails (Director of Nature and Science at The National Trust)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 25 May 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition - Oral evidence 25 May 2021
2:30pm
  • Mr Martin Lines (Chairman at Nature Friendly Farming Network)
  • Vicki Hird (Head of Sustainable Farming at Sustain)
  • Ian Davis (Spokesperson at Farming Forum Grassroots Group)
3:30pm
  • Caroline Drummond (Chief Executive at Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF))
  • Mr Jeremy Moody (Secretary and Adviser at Central Association of Agricultural Valuers)
  • Jenny Phelps (Senior Farm Conservation Advisor at Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 11 May 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition - Oral evidence 11 May 2021
2:30pm
  • Tom Bradshaw (Vice President at National Farmers' Union)
  • George Dunn (Chief Executive at Tenant Farmers Association)
  • Mark Bridgeman (President at Country Land and Business Association)
3:30pm
  • Dr Julia Aglionby (Executive Director at Foundation for Common Land)
  • Phil Stocker (Chief Executive at National Sheep Association)
  • Neil Shand (Chief Executive at National Beef Association)
Virtual meeting

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We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA