The APPG will allow Members to learn more about the world of British Farming. Through engagements and visits to an array of sites across the industry, the APPG will encourage parliamentarians to develop greater understanding and appreciation for the vital role that farming plays to our nation’s health and economy.
1. Organic farming statistics 2019
26/10/2020 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found: Organic farming statistics 2019
Annual statistics about the UK organic farming sector.
2. Farming is changing in England from 1 January 2021
30/11/2020 - Natural England
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Found:
Promotional material
Farming is changing in England from 1 January 2021
Information
3. Piloting the Sustainable Farming Incentive: making an application
07/07/2021 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found: Guidance
Piloting the Sustainable Farming Incentive: making an application
How to prepare
4. Total income from farming in the UK forecast
11/12/2020 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found: income from farming in the UK forecast
Annual forecast of total income from farming in the UK
5. Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot: agreement terms and conditions
07/10/2021 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found:
Statutory guidance
Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot: agreement terms and conditions
1. Back British Farming Day
15/09/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered Back British Farming Day and the future of domestic agriculture.It - Speech Link
2: interested to hear that they are using modern farming techniques to significantly increase their yield - Speech Link
3: farmers for quite some time, and we had the then Farming Minister, who is now Secretary of State, come along - Speech Link
2. Environmental Land Management Schemes
24/05/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: Defra published plans for piloting the sustainable farming initiative, which opened for expressions of interest - Speech Link
2: Dispatch Box at such an important time for British farming. I declare my interests as a Devon farmer. Does - Speech Link
3: farmers have applied to pilot the sustainable farming incentive. Across the summer, we will provide further - Speech Link
3. Regenerative Farming and Climate Change
19/10/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered regenerative farming and tackling climate change, restoring nature and - Speech Link
2: widely recognised within the farming community.Such a method of farming moves away from the agrochemical - Speech Link
3: fantastic farmers who are practising regenerative farming right across the UK, concentrating on improving - Speech Link
4. Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions and Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
22/03/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: farmers will be able to apply for grants under the farming investment fund to help them invest in equipment - Speech Link
2: two English Tories not turn up to speak for the farming businesses in their constituencies? I am just amazed - Speech Link
5. Agricultural Transition Plan
08/12/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: payments and new incentives to reward farmers for farming more sustainably, creating space for nature on - Speech Link
2: environmental land management. The sustainable farming incentive will pay farmers for actions that they - Speech Link
3: stewardship scheme and opening the new sustainable farming incentive to every farmer from 2022 onwards. - Speech Link
asked by: Olivia Blake
21/07/2020
... what steps his Department has taken to increase the amount of land which is organically farmed. 2. Arable Farming
asked by: Chris Grayling
10/09/2020
... what his policy is on requiring farmers to protect land for wildlife at the edge of fields under cultivation. 3. Organic Farming
asked by: Daniel Zeichner
18/03/2021
... what specific steps the Government will take to meet this objective. 4. Fish Farming
asked by: Daisy Cooper
18/03/2021
... what assessment he has made of the potential effect of (a) antibiotics and (b) pesticides used on farmed fish in UK waters on other (i) marine life and (ii) human health. 5. Hill Farming
asked by: Tim Farron
28/04/2021
... what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024 on (a) uplands and (b) hill farming businesses.
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6 Current APPG Officers
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Fay Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 27th January 2021Dark Skies , Environment , Geographically Protected Foods , Wales in the World , Wood Panel Industry
Beer , Celtic Sea , Choice at the End of Life , Cleaning and Hygiene , Côte d’Ivoire , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Fair Business Banking , Forestry and Tree Planting , France , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Geographically Protected Foods , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Marine Energy , Netherlands , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Thalidomide , University , Uplands and Hill Farming , Wales in the World , Western Sahara , Wood Panel Industry
Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (CANZUK) , Coalfield Communities , Financial Resilience , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Media , Music Education , Ovarian Cancer , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Social Enterprise , Water , Women and Work , Wrestling
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Alevis , Bahá'í Faith , Beer , Blood Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Cerebral Palsy , Christianity in the Holy Land , Cleaning and Hygiene , Coastal Communities , Dairy , Diabetes , Disability , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Energy Studies , Equipment for Disabled Children , Equitable Life Policyholders , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Health in all Policies , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heart Valve Disease , Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Malawi , Marine Energy , Mentoring , Muscular Dystrophy , Obesity , Pakistani Minorities , Pancreatic Cancer , Pigeon Racing , Pro-Life , Professional Sales , Reserves and Cadets , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Terminal Illness , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry
Cancer , Christians in Parliament , Dark Skies , Dying Well , Eating Disorders , Eritrea , Hospitality and Tourism , Listed Properties , Migration , National Parks , Night Time Economy , Outdoor Learning , Radiotherapy , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Uplands and Hill Farming
Contact Details
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Fay Jones MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 5212.
Email: fay.jones.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Jack Evans, Office of Fay Jones MP. Tel: 020 7219 5212
Email: jack.evans@parliament.uk
Benefits in Kind
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PLMR
Secretariat From : 20/12/2017 To : 19/12/2018
£9,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Farming APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Julian Sturdy
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Angela Smith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th May 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Bill Wiggin
Treasurer
Conservative - North Herefordshire
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Kirstene Hair
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Armed Forces Covenant , BBC , Brazil , Foreign Affairs , Geographically Protected Foods , Hong Kong , Marine Energy , Montserrat , One Punch Assaults , Pitcairn Islands , Reserves and Cadets , Running , Sustainable Aviation , Sweden , Technology and National Security , Timber Industries , Veterans
Baroness Byford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Retired on 5 May 2020
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Earl of Lindsay
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Blockchain , Fair Business Banking , Open Banking and Payments , Science and Technology in Agriculture