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Advice To Defra Ministers At Royal Confused The two statements made by Rt Hon David Miliband and Lord Rooker delivered the same day at Royal Show featured contradictions. "CLA calls for clarification on this. Civil servants, the supposed experts in this field, are now giving contradicting advice to ministers. If they can't get it right, what chance is there for us?, " says Professor Allan Buckwell,Chief Economist. David Miliband One planet farming speech Royal Show (July 3rd) On the Entry Level (ELS) strand, we have set out our intention to open the scheme open to all eligible farmers. So far, about 22,000 have joined ELS and, with the existing agri-environment schemes, we have over 4 million hectares of farmland under some form of funded environmental management - over 40% of the available farmland in England. This is an excellent response from the industry and we are well on track to achieve 60% coverage by ELS by the end of 2007. We also remain committed to the Higher Level Scheme which focuses on high value habitats and landscape features which deliver significant environmental benefits.
DEFRA NEWS RELEASE Date: 3 July 2006 Issued Jointly by Defra & The Natural England Partnership -Good news for farmers - new management options added to Environmental Stewardship Lord Rooker: "I am delighted with the success of Environmental Stewardship so far. With over 20,000 agreements, covering 3 million hectares, already in place, this means that over 30% of eligible agricultural land in England is now under some form of funded environmental management under the new scheme. These new options will provide opportunities for many other land managers to qualify for Environmental Stewardship agreements.
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