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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2208268" data-attributes="member: 196898">So the Farmers Bill got its second rading tonight in the House of Lords.  There were about 30 people present in the chamber.  Most of the bill is to cover the Brexit withdrawal and provifion of funding to replacre the loss of the EU Durect Payments scheme that is now withdrawn.  One point raied is that the new bill effectively removes the subsidies for hill farmers and moor farmers by 80% this year.  This will affect farmers in Somerset and Romney Marsh as well as the Welsh and Scottish areas.Baroness Young of Scone spoke about the upcoming Agriculture bill that is being prepared that will raise Statutary Instruments to control land use and diversify into supporting forestry for biomass and flood protection measures.  This will need approx 3 Billion pounds to be leviesd on the farming community when it becomes law later this year.  The provision of food is to be realigned as being classed public goods (i.e. in the National Interest), and taken out of the current food policy committee who will concentrate in changing attitudes and emphasis of the national diet,The Earl of Devon raised objection about the proposed 20% reduction in livestock farming and also 20% reduction in dairy products this year,  This will happen automatically since the EU Direct payment scheme provided overpayments to be claimed for land that is underused (i,e, as pasture and scrubland) and this is not covered by the replacement funding mechanism in the bill.  This was raised by Earl Cathcart.So this bill is not armageddon, but the next bill ( Land Use Bill) will bring in the Climate Change legislation.</blockquote>

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