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Grand Committee
Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) I press him on how this will impact on hill farmers, upland farmers and small farmers everywhere, in - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) with Julia Aglionby; her input in trying to make our schemes fit graziers who have access to areas of uplands - Speech Link
3: None We are keen for everyone to understand that we want to see the uplands continue to be farmed to produce - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Future Agriculture Policy - Wed 01 Mar 2023

Mentions:
1: None It needs to be brought up to speed.As for what we can do, I note that hill and upland crofting and farming - Speech Link
2: None We have spoken only about emissions, but hill and upland farming and crofting systems have never been - Speech Link
3: None Talking to other farmers in the hills and uplands, there is a bit of fear. - Speech Link
4: None For example, hill and upland farming and crofting deliver multiple public benefits from disadvantaged - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Future Agriculture Policy - Wed 15 Mar 2023

Mentions:
1: None From the point of view of the types of habitat restoration that we need in the uplands for climate and - Speech Link
2: None Even in the lowlands—never mind the uplands—we have seen a marked increase in the number of deer. - Speech Link
3: None That is what I see on a number of grouse moors and other well-managed hill farms, especially for waders - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
Report stage - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) hill farmers, many of whom are tenanted farmers. - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) farming communities. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Wildfire risks to UK landscapes - POST-PN-0717
Apr. 15 2024

Found: continuous fuel available to burn in these habitats.38 Fire suppression is more challenging in the uplands


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 14 Jun 2023

Mentions:
1: None Agriculture in the uplands, with huge densities of sheep and so on, has had a huge impact over a period - Speech Link
2: None Most of that poor reproduction, at least on the uplands, is due to predation. - Speech Link
3: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) to be, but I would not be stopped from farming sheep. - Speech Link
4: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Is muirburn a factor in the type of fire in which peat burns on the hill? - Speech Link
5: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Does someone sit on the hill for that length of time? - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 03 2024

Source Page: Recovered appeal: land at Cruxton Farm, Cruxton Lane, Cruxton (ref: 3317593 - 3 April 2024)
Document: Recovered appeal: land at Cruxton Farm, Cruxton Lane, Cruxton DT2 0EB (ref: 3317593 - 3 April 2024) (PDF)

Found: series of broad, undulating valleys with associated chalk streams with surrounding, expansive open uplands


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Feb. 14 2024

Source Page: Asulox advice from Health and Safety Executive: EIR release
Document: EIR - 202300363446 - information released - Annex B (PDF)

Found: Asulox advice from Health and Safety Executive: EIR release


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Oct. 24 2023

Source Page: Secondary legislation for deer consultation June 2023: EIR release
Document: FoI 202300367776 - Information released (PDF)

Found: landscapes enjoyed by the public, as well as housing, employment, tourism & enterprise and farming


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Aug. 29 2023

Source Page: New Rural Support Scheme development - evidence: outputs summary
Document: ‘Actively Farmed Hectares’ - Data analysis and policy considerations (PDF)

Found: of supporting active farming/crofting , whilst removing the need for SUSSS support .