The Rock Review: summary and recommendations summary and recommendations [Electronic resource]
Language: English Publication details: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs May 2023Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: In February 2022 the DEFRA Secretary of State asked Baroness Rock to Chair a newly formed Tenancy Working Group with two clear objectives. The first was to look at how the new government financial schemes should be accessible, open, and flexible to tenant farmers. The second was to look at longer term changes that would ensure a robust, vibrant, and thriving agricultural tenanted sector for the future. With roughly a third of farmed land in England being tenanted, tenant farmers are vital to the nation’s food production alongside the delivery of environmental outcomes. This document sets out the foreword, key facts, executive summary and headline recommendations of The Rock Review from the independent Tenancy Working Group.| Item type | Current library | Status | |
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In February 2022 the DEFRA Secretary of State asked Baroness Rock to Chair a newly formed Tenancy Working Group with two clear objectives. The first was to look at how the new government financial schemes should be accessible, open, and flexible to tenant farmers. The second was to look at longer term changes that would ensure a robust, vibrant, and thriving agricultural tenanted sector for the future. With roughly a third of farmed land in England being tenanted, tenant farmers are vital to the nation’s food production alongside the delivery of environmental outcomes. This document sets out the foreword, key facts, executive summary and headline recommendations of The Rock Review from the independent Tenancy Working Group.