GOVERNMENT – WHITE PAPER

A few extracts below from Govt. White paper
With the amount of money they have spent
divising these plans it's hardly surprising
Farmings gone belly up.
The EU/Govt. waffle mongers
produce nothing but hot air.
And we pay for it.

Mark Oliver
’01.04.28
see also Agenda 2000

Objective 4 To increase opportunities for people to
get enjoyment from the countryside. To open up public
access to mountain, moor, heath and down and
registered common land by the end of 2005.
. increasing access to land as set out in the
Countryside and Rights of Way Bill;
. improving management and recreational potential
of land on the urban fringe (Chapter 9).

A working countryside, with a diverse economy giving high
and stable levels of employment

Tourist charges
A more difficult question raised in the Rural Economies
PIU report is whether tourists should be asked to
contribute directly to local economies through some
form of tourist tax or other payment, particularly in the
so-called 'honeypot' areas which attract large numbers
of tourists. Voluntary charge schemes are already
used in hotels and restaurants around the country.
For instance, almost 100 Cumbrian hotels and caravan
parks raise money for the Lake District Tourism and
Conservation partnership by adding an optional 1 to
tourists' bills. The partnership funds local environmental
protection projects such as footpath repair and
woodland management. The PIU report suggested
extending visitor charging schemes on a voluntary or
mandatory basis. The Government considers it right to
maintain the present voluntary approach, rather than
introducing new legislation which could be complex
and burdensome.

The economic crisis in farming has been very painful
and it is not over yet. It is bringing about major restructuring in
the industry. Many farmers have left the industry. The number
of workers employed in farming has fallen significantly. The
trend towards bigger farms has accelerated.
"We have five farms within the village and each
farm has one or two people, but it's all father
and son - there isn't a single employee now
from outside."

8.1.4. We believe that farming must emerge stronger from
this crisis. We accept that the industry cannot achieve this by
acting alone. But nor would it be right for the Government
solely to direct and manage the way forward. For the past year,
the farming industry and the Government have been working
together on a new direction for farming which meets the
challenges the industry faces, and which defines the right roles
for industry and for government. At the heart of this new
direction is a vision of agriculture for the future. It is set out
above, and in more detail in our New Direction for Agriculture,
published in December 1999, and the Action Plan for Farming
launched by the Prime Minister in March 2000.
Contents

8.1.5. The Action Plan identified more than 200m of new
aid, directed not only to short-term relief, but also to industry
restructuring and other longer-term action on marketing,
diversification, training and removing regulatory costs and
burdens. It was a new partnership between the Government
and the farming and food industries. A majority of its 60-plus
measures have already been implemented by the Government.

8.2.5. The Government recently secured EU approval for
the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) which
includes a major switch of CAP funds from production aids
to support for the broader rural economy. We will spend
1.6bn by 2006 - around 10% of total support for the
agriculture industry - on measures to advance environmentally
beneficial farming practices as well as on new measures to
develop and promote rural enterprise and diversification, and
better training and marketing.

8.2.4. But more still needs to be done. The CAP must be
further deregulated so that agricultural production can adapt to
a competitive world market. Production quotas which prevent
farmers from responding to the market must be removed. The
CAP must respond to external pressures too. In a few years we
will have an expanded EU with up to twelve more member
states and a total population of 500 million people. Without CAP
reform, the budgetary consequences would be unsustainable.
Negotiations have also begun on liberalising agricultural trade
in the World Trade Organisation. This will open up new
markets as well as exposing us to greater competition.
An unchanged CAP will simply hand the advantage to
our competitors outside Europe.
more on farming's role in our landscape and biodiversity
objectives.

8.2.7. Although much of the economic and regulatory
framework is European, we will tackle key strategic issues
affecting the structure and efficiency of the industry. These
include developing a clear vision of how key sectors, such as
the dairy industry, will develop in the future, and can exploit likely
changes to the CAP. We also need to ensure that we protect
essential infrastructure which will support farmers diversifying
and expanding into new and added-value markets.
development

The Bowland Initiative aims to test how agriculture,
business and environment objectives can be made
to work together as a potential model for the future
of rural policy in the uplands. It is one of two such
experiments - the other is in Bodmin, Cornwall.
Bowland is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(AONB), and most of the area is designated as a
Special Protection Area under the EC Birds Directive,
being very rich in wildlife.
The project combines business and environmental
planning, provided by a dedicated project team and
supported by a broad partnership of Departments,
agencies and NGOs. Farmers and others receive
expert help and aid for business developments, on
condition that they also have an environmental audit
of the holding, with a view to taking up appropriate
environmental or woodland schemes, and to dealing
with any environmental problems identified. In return,
the project staff offer the farmer a streamlined package,
preparing application forms on their behalf and
negotiating funding from various sources. Schemes
might include redundant building conversion, woodland
planting, diversification into livery or accommodation
(with associated training), hedging and walling,
meadow management, river bank protection,
upgrading farm pollution control equipment, and
training for off-farm employment. One-third of all
farms in the area (150) have become involved.
Broader initiatives to help develop the Bowland
economy and meet environmental and social goals
at the same time have been developed: farmers, local
abattoirs and auction marts are collaborating in a
Bowland Beef and Lamb marketing Initiative. There is
also a project by which local hotels and guesthouses
will collect visitor contributions to a 'Bowland
Environment Fund', to support small-scale
environmental work on farms and in villages.

Land Management Initiatives
The Countryside Agency's 6m, seven year
experimental Land Management Initiatives are seeking
ways to encourage more sustainable land
management by involving and bringing local
communities and farmers closer together. The nine
projects cover upland, arable, lowland pastoral and
urban fringe landscapes across the English regions.
The objectives for each project reflect the problems
facing farming and rural communities within the
different areas. Local people are therefore involved
in highlighting the issues of concern and identifying
solutions. Project activity will include:
. Helping land managers to identify and meet the
needs of local communities;
. Whole farm appraisals - identifying all the natural
and capital assets of the farm and skills of the
farmer
. Adding value to farm produce by promoting links
between quality products and a quality farmed
landscape;
. Promoting the uptake of new ideas and
technologies, such as integrated farm
management and novel crops;
. Payments for the delivery of defined environmental
goods;
. Investigating new ways of delivering support and
advice to farmers bringing togther business and
conversation advice.
Both existing and new forms of support will be used
to deliver the projects. Lessons learned will help us to
understand how to deliver a wider range of benefits
from land management and will help in the shaping
of future UK and EU policy.
Landowners Association is addressing the
problem of fly tipping on farms. It is assessing
the scale of the problem, and will look at how the
enforcement agencies can work more effectively
together, including the pursuit of offenders and
more effective deterrence.

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All that we need to note here is that it is absolutely clear who runs Britain and that is without doubt the EU and one can clearly note in whose interest they run it!!

Britain is indubitably ruled by EU diktat, and our own politicians are nothing more than puppets wielding a rubber stamp on behalf of a foreign and very alien power.

The arrogance and pomposity of the wordy report is all too common in the work of those we would wish were representing OUR best interests, however the selection of wording to obfuscate the reality is indicative of the hubris of their attitude and the pursuit of their own ends at the expense of the people.

Greg Lance – Watkins
Greg@GlanceBack.Demon.co.UK

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