“Virtually every other country in the world has engaged in land reform that has broken up large tracts of land ownership and democratised it” - Barry Gardiner.
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee is looking into the next steps government should be taking on tenant farms - which make up roughly one third of all farmed land in England. This follows the government publishing, in May of this year, its response to a review of the sector undertaken by Baroness Kate Rock.
The Committee questioned Baroness Rock on the 27th if June 2023 on the recommendations in her report aimed at allowing tenanted farmers to deliver sustainable food production, meet the challenges of climate change and enhance biodiversity.