Protecting Agriculture and our Environment

Neil & Farmer in cow shed

In the UK, we have the best farmers and highest standards of animal welfare in the world. Farming can and should be profitable and sustainable, with animal welfare at its heart.

I will do everything I can to boost the economy, whilst protecting our beautiful and fragile environment. Only by good stewardship can we protect and nurture the British countryside and its way of life for our children and generations to come. I will work with Community Groups, Councils and Government Agencies to try to improve our resilience and protection from environmental challenges such as flooding and climate change.

News

EFRA MPs examine front line of rural mental health

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is due to welcome front-line practitioners dealing with mental health issues as it continues its inquiry into rural mental health at a public evidence session at 2.30 PM on Tuesday 24 May in Committee Room 6 of the House of Commons.   

EFRA MPs to question Environment Agency on Sewage and Air Quality

The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee is expected to raise a number of issues usually of great interest to the public and media - including sewage outflow, air quality, and flood defences - when it questions the Environment Agency at a parliamentary evidence session at 2.30 PM on Tuesd

Dr Neil Hudson MP calls on Prime Minister to back the rural economy

Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, has, together with more than 30 other MPs and Peers, written to the Prime Minister asking him to introduce a new White Paper designed to grow the rural economy, following the publication of a major new report by a cross-party group.

Minister to be quizzed by EFRA Committee MPs on reducing plastic waste

The Minister for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Jo Churchill, will be questioned by the EFRA Committee as they pursue their inquiry into plastic waste at 2.30 PM on Tuesday 10 May 2022. 

 

EFRA Committee MPs to quiz prospective boss of water regulator OFWAT

The prospective new Chair of the government’s independent water regulator, OFWAT, Iain Coucher, is to appear before the House of Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for a pre-appointment hearing at 0945 on Wednesday 20 April 2022 in Committee Room 18.