updated on 11 November 2020: Royal Assent
The Agriculture Bill finished its tortuous path through Parliament today becoming the Agriculture Act.
The current list of purposes for England
- managing land or water in a way that protects or improves the environment
- supporting public access to and enjoyment of the countryside, farmland or woodland and better understanding of the environment
- managing land or water in a way that maintains, restores or enhances
- cultural or natural heritage
- managing land, water or livestock in a way that mitigates or adapts to climate change
- managing land or water in a way that prevents, reduces or protects from environmental hazards
- protecting or improving the health or welfare of livestock
- conserving native livestock, native equines or genetic resources relating to any such animal
- protecting or improving the health of plants
- conserving plants grown or used in carrying on an agricultural, horticultural or forestry activity, their wild relatives or genetic resources relating to any such plant
- protecting or improving the quality of soil
the additional purposes
- starting, or improving the productivity of, an agricultural, horticultural or forestry activity
- supporting ancillary activities carried on, or to be carried on, by or for a producer