Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33054
Grasslands: Sustainable Farming Incentive
Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025
Question
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat — Bath
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent priority habitat grasslands from being destroyed by being entered into the Sustainable Farming Incentive herbal ley action (CSAM3) in future years.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe published Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) CSAM3 herbal ley guidance protects priority habitat grassland by explicitly stating that the only eligible land types are arable, temporary grassland and improved permanent grassland. It also notes that Pr...
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