Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her French counterpart on that country's global initiative to increase carbon levels in soil.
The Secretary of State discussed this Government’s support for the COP21 Paris initiative to promote carbon levels in soil with French Agriculture, Agri-Food and Forestry Minister Stéphane Le Foll at a ‘Climate Friendly Landscapes’ meeting hosted by the Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit on 26 October.