Member

Decarbonisation is covered in the order. Can the Minister confirm that the Government are not looking to include offsetting as part of emissions trading and the decarbonisation process in a way that could be very harmful for farming? I am thinking in particular of the building of solar panels. I know we have discussed that, but the debate will not stop; this is only the start of the debate. I would extend it so that, for productive farmland of grades 1 and 2, it should not be tolerated to have solar panels on such land, and neither should there be the planting of trees in inappropriate places. This is happening now.