Extract from Committee stage (Commons) of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill - Jan 28
Wednesday, 29 January 2020 09:19
Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):...Direct payments have made some
really important environmental projects happen across Northern
Ireland—projects that probably would never have seen the light of
day and that tie into the Government’s policies on the environment
and climate change. As I said to the hon. Member for Ceredigion
(Ben Lake) earlier, it is not possible to stop those environmental
schemes, especially where tree-planting is involved, because it is
important that a number of...Request free trial
(Strangford) (DUP):...Direct
payments have made some really important environmental projects
happen across Northern Ireland—projects that probably would never
have seen the light of day and that tie into the Government’s
policies on the environment and climate change. As I said to the
hon. Member for Ceredigion () earlier, it is not possible to
stop those environmental schemes, especially where tree-planting is
involved, because it is important that a number of organisations
continue that work over time. The National
Trust has made a commitment
to plant trees in 500 of the properties for which it has
responsibility. The Ulster Farmers Union and the National Farmers
Union are encouraging their members to do likewise. It is vital to
ensure that those schemes continue. We cannot remove a
tree-planting scheme and turn the land back to agricultural land;
it is not possible...
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