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Quite a lot of the evidence that we have seen—and we have reviewed all the evidence—is from a small number of locations and is not necessarily up to date or telling us anything that we did not know already.
In other areas of policy—for example, eradicating child poverty—we will be aiming to achieve particular target dates and plans will be put in place to try to achieve those objectives.
If we are content with the giving of consent, we can also—as Sandra White said—ask to be kept up to date on the negotiations, in our letter confirming that.
The date does not have to be 2024. That is an arbitrary date that the Government has included in the bill because, post-Brexit, it wants to provide stability and clarity that will allow farmers and land managers a degree of certainty in developing and investing in their businesses.
In almost all our statutory interventions to date, there has been significant engagement with the landlord prior to us starting to use our intervention powers.