Committee questions Defra on rural policy

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• Select Committee on the Rural Economy

Witnesses

Tuesday 3 July in Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster

At 9.45am

• Andrea Ledward, Director, Natural Environment, Defra
• Sarah Severn CBE, Deputy Director, Rural Policy, Defra

At 10.45am

• Lord Cameron of Dillington, former Chairman of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee

Possible questions

• Areas of disagreement between the Government and Lord Cameron's former Committee over rural policy and rural proofing
• Progress on developing the statement of priorities for rural research, and the priority given to rural research in Government generally
• The mechanisms in place to monitor and review the quality of rural proofing carried out by other Government departments
• Whether funding for rural communities will be maintained or improved when the Shared Prosperity Fund is implemented
• The significance of the loss of the Commission for Rural Communities

Further information

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