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Written Question
Natural England: Dorset Wildlife Trust
Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Natural England paid the Dorset Wildlife Trust for land in the last three years.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

Natural England has not paid Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) for any land in the last three years.

Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme (NMS) has recently purchased the rights to nutrient mitigation credits being created by DWT at Lyscombe Farm in Dorset. This £5m investment is securing mitigation for an estimated 3,700 homes, with costs to be fully recovered through the sale of these credits by the NMS to housing developers.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Groceries Code Adjudicator—the regulator for supermarkets, farmers and price controls—needs to be given more teeth and to have greater control so that our farmers are not suppressed?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the supermarkets’ dominance of our national food supply chains is now just too much? It is defeating the objective that he mentions, which I have long advocated for: local food, getting through local supply chains to local people, is the way forward...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp), who is almost my constituency neighbour, and congratulate him on securing this important debate. I declare my interest as a tenant beef farmer’s son in my home …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, which concur with my thoughts. I am afraid this is the beginning of a ticking time bomb. If ever there was a time that this House had to urge the Government to give the Groceries Code Adjudicator the teeth it needs to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"Yes, I will. The Minister has heard that request.

Finally, the NFU has called for a DEFRA investigation into the egg supply chain. The NFU is a bit late with that call, but I think it is right. I hope the Minister will take that on board. My right hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What recent discussions he has had with the Church on increasing the numbers of clergy in rural parishes. [R] ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Let me say to my hon. Friend that we have a couple of vacancies in my benefice, and I hope he will feed back on that point. I would be particularly interested to understand what proportion of stipendiary clergy goes to long-established small and rural parishes, versus what proportion goes …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Inshore Fishing Fleet

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this debate, which is important, particularly because it allows those of us who represent constituencies in the south-west to share our thoughts and feedback with the Minister.

I represent the rural and coastal seat of West Dorset, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Apr 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"What is my right hon. Friend doing to give the Groceries Code Adjudicator some more teeth to make sure that supermarkets do not inappropriately take advantage of the difficulties that we see with food prices? As he will well know, a lot of farmers face great pressure from supermarkets, and …..."
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