Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee: Chair Comment on the Government’s launch of a Land Use Framework consultation

Commenting on the announcement today of a launch of a consultation for a Land Use Framework, the Chair of the EFRA Committee, Alistair Carmichael MP, said:

“I am pleased to see a consultation for the Land Use Framework launched at last and I welcome Defra's announcement that it will be engaging with farmers, landowners and nature groups as part of this process.

“Farmers need to be able to plan ahead and they and other stakeholders have long called for clarity amidst a myriad of often conflicting demands.

"The Framework is long overdue but now is an opportunity for the Government to produce a coherent plan for land use across the UK and it is vital that the Government hears the voices of those who stand to be directly affected and heeds their views as it designs the Framework."