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1 Responses by 30 October 2018 Brexit and our land: Securing the future of Welsh farming ConsultationBrexit and our land: Securing the future of Welsh farming | 1 Consultation Overview 2 Summary 3 Chapter 1: The new context of Brexit 4 Chapter 2: The value of Welsh land 5 Chapter 3: Case for change 9 Chapter 4: Land Management Programme for Wales 20 Chapter 5: Economic Resilience scheme 27 Chapter 6: Public Goods scheme 41 Chapter 7: New regulatory framework 51 Chapter 8: Transition, delivery and legislation 54 Chapter 9: Working across the United Kingdom 58 Chapter 10: Next steps 60 Crown copyright 2018 WG34872 Print ISBN: 978-1-78937-483-4 Digital ISBN.

2 978-1-78937-460-5 Mae r ddogfen yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh Contents Fair Movement of People | 1 Carwyn Jones AM First Minister of WalesBrexit and our land: Securing the future of Welsh farming | 1 Lesley Griffiths AM Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural AffairsForewordWelsh land matters to us all. It supports livelihoods, anchors communities and generates vital natural resources we all rely on. The people who manage it contribute a huge amount to our the EU presents significant challenges, but we have a unique opportunity to put in place bespoke Welsh policy which delivers for our economy, society and natural environment.

3 We must take it. There is an overwhelming case for supporting land managers and this paper puts forward our proposals for ambitious reform. We are grateful for the help and energy of all Welsh stakeholders who have come together to aid this work. We will continue these discussions as we prepare detailed plans, bring forward legislation and implement paper explains the basis on which the Welsh Government proposes to continue to support farmers after Brexit . It outlines proposals for a planned, multi-year transition and seeks views and ideas on how the specific schemes that will deliver the support should be to RespondWe appreciate you taking your time to read and respond to this consultation questions are optional except for the About you section.

4 This shows us if we have engaged with a diverse and broad range of people. Responses on behalf of organisations will be analysed separately from responses from individuals, so it is important that we know in which capacity you are you are responding on behalf of an organisation we ask for your name and the organisation s name. However, you have the option to remain anonymous if you wish. Please refer to the Data Protection section for further information about how this is used. The consultation will run from 10 July 2018 to 30 October 2018.

5 Any responses received after this time will not be included in the analysis of the consultation us what you think. Your views are important to us. They will help us refine and shape our proposals. The closing date for the consultation is 23:59 on 30 October can reply in any of the following ways:OnlineThe consultation document can be accessed from the Welsh Government s website at to us: Brexit and Our LandLand Management Reform DivisionWelsh GovernmentCathays ParkCardiff CF10 3 NQFurther information and related documents:Large print, Braille and alternative language versions for this document are available on request.

6 If you would like a hardcopy version of the document please email: | Brexit and our land: Securing the future of Welsh farmingA note of nomenclatureIn this document, we use the term land manager and land management to mean farmers, foresters and any other activity drawing on non-urban land to produce goods and services. This reflects the fact we are putting in place a land management policy that looks across different land uses and classes. This is consistent with the holistic approach taken in the Environment Act.

7 Of course, the vast majority of Welsh land managers are and will continue to be farmers. Consultation OverviewBrexit and our land: Securing the future of Welsh farming | 3 SummaryWelsh land matters. It provides livelihoods, supports communities and generates vital natural resources which we all rely on. Land managers have shaped the Welsh landscape we recognise today. It is an intrinsic part of our nation. How land is managed therefore matters to us all our land managers have the potential to produce outcomes of huge importance to Wales.

8 The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) does not do enough to deliver these outcomes. Brexit gives us the opportunity to redesign support systems to enhance the wider benefits land brings to Wales and support the delivery of our unique legislative framework. Indeed the economic consequences of Brexit force us to do so. There is significant uncertainty, but the range of future scenarios show the status quo is not an Brexit , we propose a new Land Management Programme that will replace the CAP in its entirety. The Programme as proposed consists of two over-arching schemes: the Economic Resilience scheme and the Public Goods scheme.

9 The Economic Resilience scheme will provide targeted investment to both land managers and their supply chains. The scheme will provide support to increase market potential, drive improvements in productivity, diversify, improve risk management and enhance knowledge exchange and skills. In doing so, it will help businesses to stand on their own two Public Goods scheme will provide support to deliver more public goods from the land. In return, it will provide a new income stream for land managers and make a significant contribution to addressing some of our most pressing challenges such as climate change, biodiversity decline, adverse air quality and poor water underpin both these schemes we believe there is a good case for fairer, simpler and more coherent Programme marks a significant change.

10 Land managers can adapt but it is government s role to support change. We therefore propose a phased transition plan to move from old to new schemes. We intend to bring forward detailed proposals by spring next year and publish legislation by the end of the Assembly term. Our ambition is to complete reform by 2025. We will use existing, high-performing Rural Payments Wales systems as the administrative basis for schemes and seek simplification of processes wherever is a strong case for bespoke support in Wales.