My hon. Friend makes an important point. We will be looking to use the powers in the Agriculture Act to make provision to support and financially reward farmers who may allow their land to be used in certain water catchments to protect communities from flooding—a nature-based solution to that flood risk, as it were. We will also be using this money to support improvements in water quality by supporting an expansion of catchment-sensitive farming. It will be for the Welsh Government to decide their own priorities and the pace at which they detach themselves from the legacy schemes, but we believe that redirecting support in this way is the correct way to go.
Agricultural Transition Plan
Proceeding contribution from
George Eustice
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 November 2020.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Agricultural Transition Plan.
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