Submitted on Sunday 13th March 2022
Rejected on Monday 21st March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Safeguard hedgerow habitat in the payment of field border set-aside subsidies
Ensure that payments for field border set-aside allocations are made ONLY where accompanying hedgerow is sustainably managed.
Disallow tractor-driven rotary or flail blade hedge cutting on an annual/bi-annual basis to constitute 'sustainability' and legislate against it in subsidy allowance.
Hedgerow habitat is essential for a broad spectrum of wildlife across the UK ecosystem. Yet Government-granted subsidies for field border set-aside strips do not presently include hedgerow within the scope of protection.
We ask that annual and biannual cutting of hedge lines with tractor-driven machinery will disqualify the landowner from receipt of these subsidies, since this practice significantly reduces wildlife support and current grants do not represent good value for the tax payer.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about payments for set-aside agricultural land and protection of hedgerows, but we're not sure if all you want is for hedgerows that are subject to annual or biannual cutting with tractor-driven machinery to be made ineligible for these payments, or if you want there to be other requirements for the safeguarding of any hedgerows covered by these payments.
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