Agriculture and Rural Affairs

  • End Pillar One Payments of the Common Agricultural Policy in any agricultural funding review Britain post-Brexit.

  • Allow bridging payments for farmers, not landowners, to prepare for the reduction in subsidy.      

  • Financial support for UK agriculture will incentivise and reward farmers whose production systems adhere to higher welfare standards.

  • Introduce an Icelandic-style system of tradable fishing quotas: 
    • The Icelandic commercial industry adheres to quotas by the Fisheries Ministry to allow individual boats to fish a fixed amount of species of fish per day. 
    • Quotas will be based on a variety of considerations, from regulations set by international agreements to the opinions of individual fishers and boat owners. 
    • Above all, the intent of the quotas is to support sustainable fishing.

  • After recovery of the UK’s territorial offshore fishing rights the government will assist in securing investment in a revitalised UK fishing industry.

  • Public bodies such as local government, schools and hospitals etc. will be encouraged to help establish local food systems by sourcing food directly from local producers.

  • Up the levels of domestically grown vegetables/fruit under special conditions (hydroponics, greenhouses, polytunnels etc). 

  • Reward farming schemes that reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon retention. 

  • Discontinue EU ban on GMOs and gene-edited crops post-Brexit; however, ensure that all packaging of such products is clearly labelled.

  • Ban imports of hormone treated and pathogen reduction treated products.