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CLA Centenary ConferenceThe conference, hosted by John Humphrys, was a sell out. The delegates heard from HRH The Princess Royal; David Miliband MP, Environment Secretary; Simon Jenkins, journalist and commentator; Peter Ainsworth MP, Shadow Environment Secretary; Professor Allan Buckwell, CLA Chief Economist; David Fursdon, CLA President and Hugh Coghill, Head of Rural Property, Savills. A Question Time style debate, chaired by John Humphrys, gave delegates the chance to ask questions to key industry leaders. The panelists: David Fursdon, CLA President; Fiona Reynolds, Director General of The National Trust; Helen Phillips, Chief Executive of Natural England; Tim Porter, Agriculture Director of Lloyds TSB and John Lloyd Jones, Chairman of the Countryside Council for Wales. Click here to view a selection of photographs Speeches, and the videos played at the conference can be viewed by clicking on the links below. CLA Centenary report Changing Landscapes: Exploring the future of land management available here (5 Mb - pdf) David Fursdon, CLA President – CLA Centenary Conference: welcome speech (44 Kb - doc) Professor Allan Buckwell's keynote address to CLA Centenary Conference on 10 May 2007 available here (84 Kb - doc) Slides for Allan Buckwell's address (3 Mb -ppt) Hugh Coghill, Head of Rural Property, Savills – 'The Future of Land Ownership – Opportunities and Threats' (38 Kb - doc) David Miliband speech - Economy, Environment, Community: The Next Decades (DEFRA website - new window) Peter Ainsworth MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Speech (68 Kb - doc) Video Views of the countryside and rural economy (10 Mb - wmv) Exploring the future of land management – key industry leaders give us their views (10 Mb - wmv)
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