§ Lord Brougham and Vauxasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action they intend to take to assist farmers to improve relations with the public and to reduce problems arising from trespass and vandalism.
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Trumpington)This department has today agreed with Groundwork to provide pump priming funding for a project to be known as Farmlink. The project aims to help children to understand and respect the countryside and farming and to create beneficial links between farmers and local urban communities. The scheme will result in the creation of approximately 180 links between individual farms and schools over three years in seven Groundwork Trust areas. These are expected to be St. Helens, East Durham, Rossendale, Wakefield, Erewash, West Cumbria and Kerrier. The total cost of the project will be £170,000 spread over the three-year period.