Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of safeguarding high grade agricultural land.”
Tabled: 12 December 2024Answered: 19 December 2024
Asked by
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Daniel Zeichner)
We all know that food security is national security, and most of us also recognise that the impacts of climate change and nature loss pose a significant risk to domestic production, so it is very important that we use our land carefully. Consequently, the Government will be introducing a land use framework to ensure that we protect our most productive agricultural land.