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If we wait to collect more data, rather than getting on with protecting those habitats, they might be gone by the time that we get around to taking any action.
The swimming example is a good one. There is a healthy active minds programme in Edinburgh, where people can join a programme and then get access to Edinburgh Leisure facilities for £1 a time.
Our position over the past couple of years has always been that support should go only to active farming. However, if we do not give support to inactive farming, the money simply stays in Brussels; we cannot call it down and are therefore not able to transfer it from inactive to active farming.
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Date answered:
28 October 2024