Chair of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee responds to Defra’s announcement of new Agriculture Bill

Neil Parish, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, has welcomed the Government’s publication of a new Agriculture Bill. 

The Committee is launching a short inquiry on the scope, provisions and powers proposed in the Agriculture Bill. The Committee invites written submissions by Monday 8 October 2018.  

Commenting on the introduction of the Bill in the House of Commons today by the Department of Environment, Culture and Rural Affairs, Neil Parish MP said:

“The Agriculture Bill will be a landmark piece of legislation with potential to transform UK farming and commit to environmental protections. 

“As Chair of the cross-party EFRA Committee, I look forward to scrutinising the details it contains, and consider what practical implications it will have for the British farming sectors.”